Spotlight on Amity

Coming to you from Reading Lark over the next week we have a series of spotlights focusing on Insurgent by Veronica Roth, the second book in the Divergent trilogy. You can catch up with Lark Jen’s review of Insurgent here. 

 Today we are featuring Amity, the faction that Tris and Four turn to for help at the end of Divergent. So let’s learn a little about Amity... 

 Faction: Amity 

Characteristics of faction: 

 Value friendship and equality. 

Value peace, trust and love. 

Wear red and yellow clothes. 

The most creative faction. 

Grow the food that sustains the city. 

Make decisions as a collective and have no true leader.   

 Quote: 

 “I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.” Insurgent pg 5   

 People/Characters who could be Amity: 

 John Lennon 

Phoebe Buffay from Friends 

Winnie the Pooh 

Meghan Chase, The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa 

Clary Fray, The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare 

Who else do you think could be Amity? 

 Why Amity is the best: 

 They preach tolerance, peace, love and understanding. They don’t fight with each other and they are creative!