Compare and Contrast essay

Tris, the character in the book Divergent and Katniss from the book the Hunger Games both have many similarities but they both have many differences. In both of these books the two characters told the story from their own perspective. Here are the similarities and differences between the two characters.

One similarity between Tris and Katniss is that they are both very brave. Here are some examples of bravery which Katniss has demonstrated through out the story the Hunger Games. Katniss has the responsibility of providing food for her family and needs to go past " the fence" which is a fence along each district which no one is supposed to pass. Katniss goes past there every day to get food for her family to eat. That shows a huge amount of bravery. Another example of bravery is that Katniss volunteered for tribute for her little sister Primrose.

Some examples of bravery  by Tris is when she was at the choosing ceremony for the sections, and she slid her hand over the dauntless bowl at the last second because she wanted to learn how to be brave. When she got to the dauntless base, the leaders told all of the new tributes to jump off a roof onto something no one knew about. Tris ended up jumping first into something she had no clue about but it ended up to just be a net. To be the first jumper shows a lot of bravery.

One last similarity between these two characters is that they both care for there families a lot. Katniss volunteer for tribute for Prim because she knew Prim had no chance and it would be to much to handle for her. Tris on the other hand went to go tell her brother in a whole other sector an important message that their mom told to Tris. If she would of gotten caught seeking out and sending her brother the message she could of gotten executed.

The only main differences between these two characters is that Tris falls in love with her teacher/teammate Katniss falls in love with one, Peeta her enemy which she is trying to kill for some part and Gale her ifelong best friend.


In conclusion there are many similarities and some differences between Katniss and Tris. Even though these characters come from two different books they both have the same personality and act the same. In the end I think that Tris and Katniss have more similarities than differences.