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Now for where the two stories differ:
There is no love triangle as there is with Katniss who can't decide which boy she likes most and it consumes part of her mental struggle. Love triangles are not a Tris thing, she's more focused on what she wants as a career and finds out she is Divergent which puts her in danger. Katniss would likely just become a miner had she not volunteered herself for the Hunger Games.
Tris wants to defy odds as a meek member of a faction to warrior status whereas Katnisss is already pretty much like that with her archery skills and and penchant for hunting and survival that helps her excel in the Hunger Games. Tris actually has to chose to abandon her family to accomplish this to the disappointment of her family, whereas as Katniss does not remaining with her family.
Four is hard to figure out, and we learn more later about his past. Caleb, her brother betrays her as a member of Erudite.
Tris has a larger group of friends.
The Factions and the types of things the Dauntless do like jumping off trains, from tall buildings not knowing what is below, which turns out to be a net. And the zip lining scene along Michigan Ave is priceless because it's so out of the ordinary. The Pit for Dauntless Headquarters is unique being inside a major city.
Divergent is much more low tech compared to the Hunger Games. ( Though the Allegiant changed this.)Plus the people are not starving to death. Well, except for the Factionless.
Kids don't fight to the death in Divergent for entertainment. There is no privileged capital where those who live there don't suffer from lack of food or live in poverty and the capital controls all of the district. Divergent doesn't have this but each section of society is different and they all work together. ( except the conflict is that Jeanine in Erudite thinks she's smarter than everyone and seeks to get rid of those who are divergent because they are a threat to her.)
There are 12 districts, which are locations for people but not 5 factions which are categories of people according to personality. There are no psychological simulations in Hunger Games which play a key role in Divergent as to the abilities of each individual. Some of the behaviors of these factions are part of the story, such as Christina being bold and open always telling the truth. Hunger Games has the artificial playing fields but those are still physically real where the characters get placed to kill each other as game. The people who live in the capital Hunger Games, versus the districts, dress in outlandish styles.
So there are similarities but there are still differences. For me I loved those simulations.
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