Tris' older brother, Caleb, is a minor character in Divergent by Veronica Roth. He is introduced in the very beginning of the book as being very close to Tris.
SPOILER ALERT
However, Tris and Caleb split after the Choosing Ceremony; Caleb joins Erudite and Tris joins Dauntless, which means they can almost never see each other again.
Later on, Tris starts to really miss her family. She remembers her mother telling her to visit Caleb, so she hops on a train to Erudite to go see him.
She doesn't recognize him at first with his new environment.
On page 354, it says, "His voice hardens. 'I think you should go, Beatrice.' 'With pleasure,' I say." (Roth 354). Tris says this after the two start talking poorly about each other's factions, so obviously, there's tension, and it's all caused by the pride within the factions.
Caleb is an important minor character in the story because he is the one that truely convinces the reader that there needs to be change in the government system because families are being torn apart. During this section of the book, Roth appeals to the audiences' emotions. It's sad and hard to imagine this world where siblings turn against each other. It makes the message even more effective.
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