Faction Breakdown - - Candor

Candor the honest. The Basics Formed by those who blamed deception for human nature's faults. They believe in the principle that honesty and openness will lead to a more peaceful and perfect society. A true member of the faction would rather insult someone than stoop to lying; likewise, a member would rather be insulted than lied to. The Initiation Initiates spend thirty days taking lie detector tests; all day, every day. During the final test, initiates are injected with truth serum and must sit in front of everyone as they answer questions. Initiates reveal all of their secrets, so as to never again have any desire to lie; the worst already in the open. Personal Virtues Honesty and truth above all else. Trustworthy. Sound leadership. Animated gestures. Open about everything. Honest to a fault. Against dishonesty. Frank and tactless. Their is no half truth. Everything is black and white. Physical Traits "Truthful" attire. Clothes of black and white. Men dress in suits and ties. Women dress in long skirts. Casual: Black pants, white shirts. Hair is kept neatly trimmed. Accessories are very basic. Greeting: Hand shake. Faction Relations Honest, truthful. and trustworthy. Candor has developed a somewhat egregious rivalry with Amity, as "those who seek peace will always deceive to keep the waters calm". Their rivalry is not fierce, however. Candor's relationship with Abnegation is similar to their relationship with Amity -- lying to keep the peace and self-denial as a form of lying. Candor approves of Dauntless because bravery and honesty are tightly tied, and Dauntless' wildness and 'recklessness' is seen as another form of honesty -- being honest about oneself and one's predilections. Candor's relationship with Erudite is largly dependent on each individual member. Faction Manifesto "Dishonesty is rampant, Dishonesty is temporary, Dishonesty makes evil possible." As it stands now, lies pervade society, families, and even the internal life of the individual. One group lies to another group, parents lie to children, children lie to parents, individuals lie to themselves. Dishonesty has become so integral to the way we relate to one another that we rarely find ourselves in authentic relationships with others. Our dark secrets remain our own. Yet it is our secrets that cause conflict. When we are dishonest with the people around us, we begin to hate ourselves for lying; when we are dishonest with ourselves, we can never attempt to correct the flaws we find within us, the flaws we are so desperate to hide from our loved ones, the flaws that make us lie. What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to spare a person’s feelings, even when the truth would help them to improve, damages them in the long run. Lying to protect yourself lasts for so long before the truth emerges. Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged. These are examples we clearly see in our own lives, yet we fail to understand that they do not just apply to the dynamic between ourselves and our neighbors, or ourselves and our friends. What is society but a web of individual-to-individual relationships? And what is conflict except one person’s dark secret crashing into another person’s dark secret? Dishonesty is a veil that shields one person from another. Dishonesty allows evil to persist, hidden from eyes of those who would fight it. "Dishonesty leads to suspicion. Suspicion leads to conflict. Honesty leads to peace." We have a vision of an honest world. In this world, parents do not lie to their children, and children do not lie to their parents; friends do not lie to one another; spouses do not lie to each other. When we are asked our opinions we are free to give them without having to consider any other responses. When we engage in conversation with others, we do not have to evaluate their intentions, because they are transparent. We have no suspicion, and no one suspects us. And most of all — yes, above all else —we are free to expose our dark secrets because we know the dark secrets of our neighbors, our friends, our spouses, our children, our parents, and our enemies. We know that while we are flawed in a unique way, we are not unique because we are flawed. Therefore we can be authentic. We have no suspicions. And we are at peace with those around us. "Truth makes us transparent. Truth makes us strong. Truth makes us inextricable." We will raise our children to tell the truth. We will do this by encouraging them to speak their minds at every moment. For the child, withholding words is the same as lying. We will be honest with our children even at the expense of their feelings. The only reason people cannot bear honesty now is because they were not raised hearing the truth about themselves, and they can’t stand to. If children are raised to hear both honest praise and honest criticism, they will not be so fragile as to crumble beneath the scrutiny of their peers. A life of truth makes us strong. Adulthood will be defined as a time at which each member of society is capable of bearing every other member’s dark secrets, just as every other member will be subjected to The Full Unveiling in which every hidden part of their life is laid bare before their fellow members. They, too, will see the hidden parts of their fellow members’ lives. In this way we bear one another’s secrets. In this way we become inextricable. "The truth makes us inextricable."