WOW!! So much pressure is on Beatrice, she must decide which faction she is going to spend the rest of her life in. I would be so incredibly stressed out. To make things worse, she has to try and keep the fact that she is Divergent a secret. Caleb suspects that something is up because she left the test early, and now he is acting strange. She must not be the only one who found the test disturbing.
The weirdest thing happens between Caleb and Beatrice...as they are going to their rooms to he tells her that:
"We should think of our family...But. We must also think of ourselves."
I thought Caleb was supposed to be the selfless one, and he is telling Beatrice to think of herself?? Something is up. Beatrice's decision is narrowed down to two choices...
"It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless"
It sounds ssoo much simpler than it is!! I would totally freaked out!!!!!!!!!!!
Even at the choosing ceremony Beatrice is not sure what faction to choose. Of course she ruled out Erudite, she is her fathers daughter all right, Abnegation and Erudite don't get along AT ALL!! At the choosing ceremony all of the Abnegation take the stairs. That would be such a long walk, it could be an entire workout!! Once they get to the ceremony, the 16 year olds are separated from the older people and stand at the back. She completely zones out until her brother has to choose. He SHOCKS everyone then he chooses...wait for it...of all of the factions...Erudite!!
"I hear mutters that lift into outraged cries. I can barely think straight. My brother, my selfless brother, a faction transfer? My brother, born for Abnegation, Erudite?"
There father cannot be happy about that! I mean, your only son betrays you by choosing the faction you hate most, the faction that seems intent on undermining yours!! Then it is up to Beatrice, she is the only child left for her parents, she has to choose Abnegation or her parents will be all alone.
"I will be the child who stays; I have to do this for my parents. I have to."
Then, when she gets up to the center, she cuts her hand and walks between the Abnegation and the Dauntless bowls...
"My blood drips onto the carpet between the two bowls. Then, with a gasp I can't contain, I shift my hand forward, and my blood sizzles on the coals. I am selfish. I am brave."
I can't believe that she chose Dauntless, I thought that for sure she would stay with her family, stay for her family. I would not have been able to leave my family, they are everything to me. I would stay with my family, even if I didn't truly belong there.
There are many others who transfer to Dauntless, but she is the only one from Abnegation. How out of place would you feel? They sprint down the stairs after the ceremony in an act of wildness. I guess the Abnegation were never able to run, so Beatrice has a field day running out of the building. Then they have to jump onto a train, Beatrice manages to grab onto the train but she can't pull herself up. I would already be terrified by this point (who are these people?! why are they acting like this?!). It is so opposite of the way that she was raised that I would be completely lost. Luckily, a girl from Candor, Christina, helps her onto the train. I would be like: OMG you just totally saved me from becoming factionless. Unfortunately, not everyone makes it onto the train.Next they have to JUMP OFF OF THE MOVING TRAIN onto a 7 STORY ROOF! OMG I probably wouldn't make it onto the roof, I would not be able to do that, I would be to terrified of falling 7 stories to my doom! Luckily she and Christina make it, unfortunately one girl doesn't make it onto the roof, instead she falls to her death :( Then they have to JUMP OFF OF THE BUILDING into a small whole in the ground (I would totally pee my pants if I had to do this!). Surprising everyone, Beatrice is the first to jump...landing SAFELY on a net beneath the whole.
"What's your name?"
"Um..." I don't know why I hesitate. But "Beatrice" just doesn't sound right anymore.
"Think about it," he says, a faint smile curling his lips. "You don't get to pick again."
A new place, a new name. I can be remade here.
"Tris," I say firmly.
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