Bleary-eyed, yawning Abnegation Tris was given a gun. Sounds smart, right? They started learning to shoot, and she was failing at first, but by the time she had more practice, she was getting pretty decent.
I lower the gun. There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage--in controlling something, period. Maybe I do belong here
After lunch, they start leaning to fight, which they will use the next day when they actually fight each other.
After initiation is done for the day, Christina give Tris basically a whole new look: knee-length black dress, wavy hair worn down, eyeliner. Tris likes it--it gives her a feeling of leaving Abnegation. They decide to go down and watch Al, another initiate, get a tattoo. Tori is down there, and Tris decides to get three small bird tattoos on her collarbone. It has the same basic sentiment as Tori's--a reminder of where she was, as well as a reminder of where she is now. Maybe there is a way to honor my old life as I embrace my new one.
I was thinking about your transformation during your reflection on this chapter. What is it like to completely transform your image? Can you make some comparisons to Tris?
ReplyDeleteI think that my transformation in going to Africa will be more comparable to Tris's because I'm leaving home and going to live with people I don't know. I think that the way I live will be totally turned upside down once I come back, and it will be similar to Tris's experience. I think that the reason I don't feel like I can compare myself to Tris in my experience with camp in North Carolina is because at that point in my life, I was transforming myself, but couldn't get out of my past yet. I think a transformation like Tris's requires the desire to leave behind the past in order to move forward.
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