Girl Chooses to Betray Abnegation
Divergent
Being Separated Physically Is Not the Same as Being Separated Emotionally
2) "'How did you know to find me?' I say.
'I've been watching the trains since the attacks started,' she replies, glancing over her shoulder at me. 'I didn't know what I would do when I found you. But it was always my intention to save you.'
My throat feels tight. 'But I betrayed you. I left you.'
'You're my daughter. I don't care about the factions.' She shakes her head."
3) The quote above was taken from the moment when Tris's mother went to rescue her from a Dauntless prison cell. Even if they were from different factions, even if they were separated by distance, their feelings hadn't changed for each other. This quote also expresses their love for each other, because Tris's mother risked even her life to get into the jail cell to save Tris. Both still felt a strong mother-daughter connection with the other.
4) "'Son,' sighs Marcus.
Tobias winces.
'Hey,' I say, pulling away from Caleb. I remember the belt stinging on my wrist in Tobias's fear landscape and slip into the space between them, pushing Marcus back. 'Hey. Get away from him.'"
5) In this quote, Tobias doesn't forget about his feelings about his father, who was part of the reason why he chose his new faction, Dauntless. One of Tobias's fears is his father's abuse from when he still belonged to his old faction, Abnegation. Even after many years away from his father, Tobias still doesn't forget the pain and dread; his father also still has no real feelings of love for him, only feelings of possession.
6) This theme vaguely reminds me of the Hunger Games, especially with the separation issue. Even if Katniss has chosen to separate from her family and friends and participate in the games in place of her sister, she still thinks of them, and her feelings for them don't change. Instead, the feelings drive her to conquer the Hunger Games.
"'Dad,' I say. I mean for it to be a shout, bit it is just a wheeze. He slumps to the ground. Our eyes meet like the yards between us are nothing. His mouth opens like he's about to say something, but then his chin drops to his chest and his body relaxes."
This quote was during Tris's father's death; he died protecting her. The picture of a bigger hand holding a smaller one represents Tris's father's support for her, even if she had left the faction she came from. This picture also reminds me of warmth and protection of a father to his child, like the connection between Tris and her father.
"Caleb looks at my father and then at me, and then he laughs. I haven't heard him laugh in so long that the sound makes me cry. 'What's so funny?' I say, sniffling. 'I never thought I would see us together again,' he says."
This happened when Tris, the main character, and her family rejoiced; Caleb, her brother, also joined a different faction, and so the broken family together seemed like a miracle to the family. This represents my theme because their feelings eventually brought them back together, even if they were separated before.
"'Why the hawk?' I blurt out as she attaches an electrode to my forehead. 'Never met a curious Abnegation before,' she says, raising her eyebrows at me."
Tris, the protagonist, has a curious nature. When she still belonged to her old faction, Abnegation, she wasn't allowed to be curious; however, that didn't stop her from asking questions about things she wanted to know about. This also influenced her decision to join her new faction, Dauntless.
A sixteen-year-old girl chooses to leave her faction and live a new life in another, more dangerous one.
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