Being divergent would make you more powerful than just having one characteristic. Divergent people were so rare and special that they would be killed if found about. The factions kept order and people in their place who were the same and if you were divergent you wouldn't have much of a future because it could mess up the government system.
that (pronoun):
used to identify specific person or thing observed or heard by speaker
Do you mean cause? How are the words cause ad brought together alike? Is that what you are asking?
the answer is: Jerome chooses without prompting to help with the fire cleanup
