BooK 3: Review

For my book 3 review I am comparing/ contrasting two different books from different genres. The 1^st book I am comparing is from a Fantasy genre. The book Harry Potter (Book 1) is written by J.K Rowling. It is about a boy wizard whose parents died in a car crash when he was younger. He grew up in a mean, normal family who made him live in a cupboard and never told him who he really was. Harry had no idea he was a wizard until Dumbledore (a giant) came and got him for his 11^th birthday, and revealed to Harry the whole truth.

The second book I‘m comparing is from a  Sci-Fi genre.  The book is called Divergent written by Veronica Roth. The story is based on what would happen to society and our world if everyone was divided into fractions and you can only be one thing without choosing to be any other trait for the rest of your life after your 16^th birthday. Beatris is the main character who discovers she is divergent after the recognition test.

 One similarity between Sci.Fi and Fantasy is that they both have very influential antagonist; villains- power hungry villains. That can’t get enough of their thirst for power and the only characters standing in their ways are the heroes who may threaten their cunning, controlling strengths (Harry Potter and Tris). Therefore the protagonists must keep their abilities a secret or else they can get hurt or worse, killed. For Harry keeping his magic a secret from the muggles is very important as well as making sure Voldermort doesn't find out that Harry Potter is back! DUN- DUM-DUMM!!

Another thing I found to be very common between these two genres is that the major character’s in each book share many of the same traits. For example: one thing is that Harry and Tris both discovered something new and particularly incredible about themselves they never even imagined doable on their birthdays. Tris turned 16 and Harry turned 11. They both have the ability to make things happen that normal people wouldn’t be able to do. These new abilities is what makes these characters unique, however, this is also what sets them apart from other characters (Tris’s Divergence, and Harry’s wizardry). These rare differences, is also what makes them famous or well known to other characters.

Another resemblance between these two genres is even though one of these is more whimsical and one of these “could” happen in the future, none of these events that occur in the book occur in real life. Also, another thing that is intriguing that occurred in both books is the capability for these characters to stand up for their friends in the midst of a situation of being intimidated by others. Tris stood up for Al and manages to get him out of the situation of getting stabbed by volunteering to go up herself.  She’s there for him when he needed her the most 

Harry, look how he reacts on the train ride to  Hogwarts for his friend Ron when he was being bullied.  These are both examples of good character and humility.Both characters in both books are very caring and like to share what they have with others.  For example: when Harry has a load of sweets and his new friend has none he shares.  And look how compassionate and caring Beatris is when Edward gets horribly stabbed in the eye with a knife and she is the only one who comes to soothe him when nobody else would.  She even helps clean up the area where he lays bleeding and is able to calm him down a bit before the ambulance arrived at his rescue.

                So even though these characters, Harry and Tris are so different and are from different genres, they resemble each other in many ways, and thus have been great, entertaining stories to read.