Literary Elements in Insurgent

I found many different literary elements in Insurgent. One example is the setting which is set in a dystopian society in Chicago. I don't know why she made it in Chicago but it is most likely because it is one of the largest cities in the US. She uses imagery a lot to describe Chicago when she talks about the marshes that used to be a lake and how there are many abandoned buildings.


There are a lot of types of conflict in the book. There is Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, and Man vs. Man. An example of man vs. self is the struggle that Tris is going through to try and decide what the right decision is to make about attempting to save the information that was stolen or to listen to her boyfriend and go with him instead. A man vs. society example is Tris and all of Factionless' struggle against the Erudite. They want to take them down and form a new society without factions but it is very hard to do. A final example of conflict is one for man vs. man. There is plenty of fighting and combat throughout the entire book such as when the Erudite attack other factions like Candor.