For many, literature is an escape. It creates new worlds to explore and ultimately teaches us lessons that we carry into our daily lives. One of the main themes that literature focuses on is conformism. Challenge the values ​​that society tries to impose on people. Likewise, people face many challenges in life. They have values ​​and standards that they are forced to uphold and see a stigma surrounding the consequences if they don't conform. In Veronica Roth's novel Divergent and Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion the main characters break the barriers imposed on them in their societies and ultimately become themselves by gaining independence, standing up for what they think is right and choosing the path they want for themselves themselves. Without characters like this in novels, literature would be dull and stagnant. All of them would not be original since they conform to the same rules. In Divergent, Noughts and Crosses is the symbol of going against conformity. She chooses her own path in life, goes against the “test” and defies all the standards that society imposes on her. Tris leaves her faction, self-denying, because "[she's] not selfless enough, no matter how much [she tries] to be." (p. 336) She is not what her faction forces her to be, and unlike many others she has not tried to become something she was not, but has moved towards something that suits her better. “Each faction conditions its members to think and act in a certain way. to find a thought pattern that works and stay that way. (p. 442) but “the minds of the Divergents move in a dozen different directions [They] cannot be confined to a single way of thinking, and this terrifies [their] leader… middle of paper… ...before any conformity that their society wants them to follow. Divergent and Pygmalion taught readers that being different is acceptable, going against the conformisms that society creates for us is sometimes a good thing that helps us become our own people without having characters in literature like Tris and Liza, the readers they wouldn't want to become themselves. They would not be inspired to fight against what society has established for them to be able to live through other characters and learn our lessons from them. Works Cited Roth, Divergent London: HarperCollins Children's, 2012. Print. Shaw, Bernard Frankfurt Am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​1970. Print. Truman, Gemma. “Conformity and Individuality.” 1998. Network. May 17 2014.