The Priors and Marcus head to the Dauntless HQ. The group relives the first day of Dauntless initiation as they have to jump on and off of the train and then jump off of the roof into the net. When they reach the HQ, they see Peter. He is guarding the Pit. The leaders didn't have him become a "sleepwalker". Or is he divergent? Not likely.
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The destination: The control room |
Tris shots Peter in the arm as payback for all of the torture he has put her through during initiation. After being shot, Peter agrees to help them as long as they don't leave him behind. He admits that he is afraid of what the Erudite are doing, too. Peter takes the lead and guides them in the right direction. Tris fights through some of the control room guards. One of the guards happens to be divergent and helps Tris. Everybody engages in the combat, even Tris' father. He leads some of the guards away from Tris, but accidentally ends up in a dead end, where he meets his untimely death. With this, both of Tris' parents are now dead.
There is no time to waste, Tris keeps moving on.
"For every second that I waste, another Abnegation member dies."
She finally makes it into the control room. Sitting at the computers she finds... Tobias.
It's amazing how far Tris has come hasn't it? Remember way back when she was afraid of jumping through the series of skyscrapers? Now it's nothing to her. I feel the author did an excellent job of showing the progression of the characters (primarily Tris) throughout the novel. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI never really took into account just how much Tris has evolved throughout the book, but you are absolutely right. I believe that once Tris started to embrace her divergence, she became a more complete person. I think that is the message the author was trying to give to the reader. As corny as it sounds: just be yourself!
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