Adventure continues...
Visiting Day has come. Where parents visit their children that are currently in other factions. Tris is
partially excited about meeting her parents but only her mother shows up. Tris asks her mother about her father but he was selfish and didn't come. Neither Tris' mom or dad can't visit Caleb because Abnegation is not allowed on Erudite grounds. Tris introduces her mother to Four, while she suspects that Four transferred from some other faction, since his family isn't there and he's very stiff when shaking hands. Four tells Mrs. Prior that Tris is doing well, and she remarks that he looks a little familiar, but she can't remember. Tris also introduces her mother to Will and Christina's families, and Will's older sister ,Cara, gives them a rude stare because she is an Erudite and hates Abnegation. Cara accuses Mrs. Prior and Abnegation of stealing the food they deliver to the factionless, while Erudite doesn't get any fresh food. Before Tris can punch her out, Mrs. Prior steers her into a dark and empty hallway. She starts asking Tris questions about the initiation and Tris is puzzled by the fact that Mrs. Prior knows so much about it. Tris' mother asked her what her aptitude tests results were and Tris told her the truth. Mrs. Prior also asks Tris what her ranking is and when she told her she was at the bottom, she was relieved. She warns Tris not to tell anyone and then tells her that she needs to visit Caleb and ask him to research the simulation serum. Leaving Tris completely perplexed, Mrs. Prior goes away and Tris realizes that her mother was Dauntless.
In the dining hall, Tris' friends start noticing that Tris is acting suspicious and ask her what her test results were. Tris said Abnegation, which is partly true, but she gets away with the lie. Tris laid awake, thinking about what had happened, but her thoughts were interrupted by Edward's scream. They turn on the lights and it is revealed that Edward had a blade sticking out his eye and that Peter and Drew were gone.
The next day, after Edward and Myra quit Dauntless, Uriah, a Dauntless-born initiate, asks Tris to go to an initiation ritual. They take the train to a building and Tris discovers a zipline hanging from the top. Tris awaits her turn and was fascinated by the "flying". After this happened, Dauntless admitted she was no longer a "Stiff". It's time for the second stage of initiation, Dauntless-born and transfers will be training together. Four takes Tris into a room and she finds out she's going to be in a simulation. He explains that this stage is meant to face their fears, and it will teach the initiates how to control their emotions in frightening situations. He injects her with the simulation serum, and her vision begins. Tris finds herself in a field of dry grass, and a flock of crows swarm around her and she can't fight them off. Though she's terrified, she tries to calm down because the simulation will continue until she finds a way to calm herself. Then, all of the sudden it's over, and she's back in the metal chair, but she still isn't stable. Tris thinks she's a failure, but Four tells her that she got out of the simulation three times faster than the other initiates did.
|Erudite keeps attacking Abnegation and Molly was questioned. She told lies to the press saying that Abnegation was maltreating their kids. Tris got enraged but she went to another simulation after getting a tattoo. In this simulation, Tris was in a glass box that slowly filled with water while her friends and initiates watched her and laughed. She hits the glass and breaks it open. Suddenly, she's back at the chair. Four was amazed and asked her how she broke the glass. He figured out she was a Divergent and told her to hide her Divergence in simulations. Tris heads right to the tattoo parlor to seek Tori and ask what this means. Tori says that Divergent, especially in Dauntless, have a tendency to die, but she says that the Dauntless leaders don't know about Tris yet, so she's safe. Tori tells her the story of her brother, who was Divergent and transferred from Erudite with her. When they found out what he was, they killed him and called it suicide. Tris wonders how Four knows about Divergence, and whether or not he is one.
In the dining hall, Tris' friends start noticing that Tris is acting suspicious and ask her what her test results were. Tris said Abnegation, which is partly true, but she gets away with the lie. Tris laid awake, thinking about what had happened, but her thoughts were interrupted by Edward's scream. They turn on the lights and it is revealed that Edward had a blade sticking out his eye and that Peter and Drew were gone.
The next day, after Edward and Myra quit Dauntless, Uriah, a Dauntless-born initiate, asks Tris to go to an initiation ritual. They take the train to a building and Tris discovers a zipline hanging from the top. Tris awaits her turn and was fascinated by the "flying". After this happened, Dauntless admitted she was no longer a "Stiff". It's time for the second stage of initiation, Dauntless-born and transfers will be training together. Four takes Tris into a room and she finds out she's going to be in a simulation. He explains that this stage is meant to face their fears, and it will teach the initiates how to control their emotions in frightening situations. He injects her with the simulation serum, and her vision begins. Tris finds herself in a field of dry grass, and a flock of crows swarm around her and she can't fight them off. Though she's terrified, she tries to calm down because the simulation will continue until she finds a way to calm herself. Then, all of the sudden it's over, and she's back in the metal chair, but she still isn't stable. Tris thinks she's a failure, but Four tells her that she got out of the simulation three times faster than the other initiates did. |Erudite keeps attacking Abnegation and Molly was questioned. She told lies to the press saying that Abnegation was maltreating their kids. Tris got enraged but she went to another simulation after getting a tattoo. In this simulation, Tris was in a glass box that slowly filled with water while her friends and initiates watched her and laughed. She hits the glass and breaks it open. Suddenly, she's back at the chair. Four was amazed and asked her how she broke the glass. He figured out she was a Divergent and told her to hide her Divergence in simulations. Tris heads right to the tattoo parlor to seek Tori and ask what this means. Tori says that Divergent, especially in Dauntless, have a tendency to die, but she says that the Dauntless leaders don't know about Tris yet, so she's safe. Tori tells her the story of her brother, who was Divergent and transferred from Erudite with her. When they found out what he was, they killed him and called it suicide. Tris wonders how Four knows about Divergence, and whether or not he is one.
"I throw my arms out to the side and imagine that I was flying" (Roth, 221)
This quote can resemble many, many things, but I'll cover up some. As I chose this quote, I didn't really know what to write about. Then I read it over, and over again and I realized what it meant. This quote resembles Tris's "Dauntlessness" that has taken over her. She finally knows where she belongs, and doesn't want to leave that place. You can say she found her comfort zone. But what is really important is that she feels free. That feeling she describes is freedom, freedom of choice, freedom of manipulation. She was trapped in a little cocoon and now she's a butterfly. This quote also makes me feel that way. I love how Roth makes us compare to Tris and feel her emotions.
"Peace is restrained; this is free" (Roth, 250)
This quote is basically the same as the last one, but it focuses more on the freeness part. Tris thinks that in Abnegation she is restrained and cannot be who she wants to be. In Dauntless, however, she feels that she can be that person, she can be anyone. I think that it's her Divergence acting up, making her feel that way, because it was stated that she is Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. Based on these facts we can say that Abnegation makes up about 20% of her personality, Erudite is 27% and Dauntless 53%. This means she is more Dauntless than she is both Erudite and Abnegation, but I only based myself on what I read. Do you want to do the math? No problem.
Really? That's it?
These chapters were fairly interesting, my favorite part was when I learned Mrs. Prior was Dauntless. Completely blew my mind! Anyway, it was fun to see Tris develop and come out of her "cocoon". I'm happy that she feels like she belongs and she's no longer a Stiff. But still, the chapter left some questions unanswered like, Why are Divergents so dangerous?, or, How can Divergents control simulations?. These questions were all plotted and I believe will be answered in the next chapters. There is still one question that I think bothers us all, Is Four Divergent?
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