Stage One
After the previous chapters, Tris begins Stage 1 with her friends, Christina, Al, and Will. They follow Four with the other transfers into the Pit, the center of Dauntless HQ. IN a banquet, Tris and her group also meet a Dauntless Leader called Eric, he was transferred from Erudite and he is not a likable person. Eric explains the first stage of initiation, it is a ranked system which evaluate the transfers and Dauntless-borns (trained separately) to determine the "jobs" they will be doing after passing. If you failed or didn't get into the top ten, you are factionless. Tris thinks about this at night-time, she fears that she won't be able to pass the rankings (like all the other initiates) and live factionless. The next day, Four explains to the initiates to shoot a gun. Tris feels uncomfortable and terrified because she never hit the target and believed that her parents wouldn't approve of her. Then, Four teaches them how to fight. Four gives Tris some advice that, because she is small and doesn't have much muscle, she should use her elbows and knees more than she does.
Later, Tris, Christina, Al, and Will go to the Tattoo shop to get Tattoos. Tris got a tattoo from Tori, her aptitude test admin. She got three flying birds, one for each of her family. The next day, Four pairs the initiates to fight. Al and Will, Tris's friends, are the first ones to fight and Al wins. Next is Christina and Molly, Peter's friend, and Molly wins because Christina gave up. Eric was furious for this and made Christina hang onto a bridge, with a deep fall down, as punishment. After that, Tris goes to the ring and has to fight Peter and, finally, Peter won. Tris wakes in the hospital with her friends watching her and keeping her safe. Tris's next fight is against Myra who is the weakest one. Tris wins but doesn't feel triumph, only failure. In the day after, Tris and the initiates go to play Capture The Flag with Paintball guns. Four and Eric were captains, Eric chose the strongest ones but Four chose Tris and her group. Four's group discuss their plan while Tris climbs a Ferris wheel with Four following her. They get a good view of the flag and Tris learns that Four is afraid of heights. They make a new plan and Christina grabs the flag without letting Tris take it (which is different in the movie). After they won, they went target practice with knives. Al misses every knife he threw while Tris excelled at it. Eric made Al stand in front of the target while Four threw knives but Tris offered herself instead of Al. Four cut Tris's ear and eventually stopped. Then, Tris fights
against Molly in the next day. Tris wins but doesn't have mercy on her. She keeps hitting her until Four stops her. Tris changed, she became Dauntless.
Later, Tris, Christina, Al, and Will go to the Tattoo shop to get Tattoos. Tris got a tattoo from Tori, her aptitude test admin. She got three flying birds, one for each of her family. The next day, Four pairs the initiates to fight. Al and Will, Tris's friends, are the first ones to fight and Al wins. Next is Christina and Molly, Peter's friend, and Molly wins because Christina gave up. Eric was furious for this and made Christina hang onto a bridge, with a deep fall down, as punishment. After that, Tris goes to the ring and has to fight Peter and, finally, Peter won. Tris wakes in the hospital with her friends watching her and keeping her safe. Tris's next fight is against Myra who is the weakest one. Tris wins but doesn't feel triumph, only failure. In the day after, Tris and the initiates go to play Capture The Flag with Paintball guns. Four and Eric were captains, Eric chose the strongest ones but Four chose Tris and her group. Four's group discuss their plan while Tris climbs a Ferris wheel with Four following her. They get a good view of the flag and Tris learns that Four is afraid of heights. They make a new plan and Christina grabs the flag without letting Tris take it (which is different in the movie). After they won, they went target practice with knives. Al misses every knife he threw while Tris excelled at it. Eric made Al stand in front of the target while Four threw knives but Tris offered herself instead of Al. Four cut Tris's ear and eventually stopped. Then, Tris fights
"I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight- toward my heart. One for each member of my family"(Roth, 90)
I like this quote because it shows how Tris misses her family. It especially shows her love and feelings toward them. I think that it's nice that she got a tattoo for her family because we can all share her feelings in that moment. Roth did a great job at making us feel what Tris felt at that moment and I think that it's just amazing. Also, you can ask yourself the question from my last blog, is this an act of selflessness or selfishness? I, again, think it's an act of solidarity because she demonstrates her love towards them and shows that she feels alone without them.
"I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't"(Roth, 174)
I really like this quote because it shows pride, bravery and selfishness which is the opposite of Abnegation.I also think that it is fun to see how Tris is developed and develops her true "Divergent" nature. Even though Tris is also Erudite and Abnegation, I think Dauntless suits her the most, as she will need to be brave in the future and can use the training and tactical skills to fight her enemies. Tris is an amazing character who is often unpredictable due to her "Divergentness" so you never really know what is going to happen to her or how she is going to react to stuff.
Well.....what's next?
Reading these chapters really hooked me into the book. It was interesting that Tris shows each of her attributes in her life in Dauntless, like Erudite when she climbed onto the Ferris wheel, or Abnegation when she helped and cared for her friends. Tris is a really interesting character that is strong and smart, but she can also be kind. The chapters demonstrated how Tris started really low and then she rose up from the bottom to the top, as she began to train harder. Maybe Tris will rise to the top in the rankings, who knows?
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