"A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. Tris."-Beatrice
At the beginning of this chapter, it is probably my favorite moment so far. As the faction choosers file out of the Choosing Ceremony, Beatrice takes one last glance at her parents. Her father is giving her the look of death, while her mother... is smiling. :) She looks at Caleb and can't help but thinking that he is a traitor. A betrayer.
All of a sudden, the Dauntless start running, and of course, Beatrice has to start running too. She explains how it is the best feeling in the world to run, because when she was in Abnegation, she could never do such a thing. Then, they start jumping on the train to head to the Dauntless headquarters. Beatrice barely gets on, and the only reason she makes it is because of Christina, a girl who helped her on.
Then, just like Beatrice watched every day, the Dauntless started jumping off. Except now she was living it. And she MAKES IT! However, some people didn't. In fact, one missed the roof and fell to her death. And one boy said, "I would rather be factionless than dead!" Beatrice didn't agree with him though. She though that she would rather be dead than empty and lonely, like the factionless.
The obstacles didn't stop there, because now the initiates are being told that they have to jump off a building into a black hole. And Beatrice thinks to herself, "If I'm Dauntless, then I must act dauntless." So she gets the courage to step up to the edge of the building first. Some of the other faction transfers make fun of her, saying that they were surprised an Abnegation was going first, and calling her a stiff. Beatrice didn't care, she jumped. And what do you know, there was a net at the end!
Thank goodness too because I don't think it would be a very good book if she died right in the beginning. She got off the net only she be welcomed by a crowd of people cheering, and a man who introduced himself as Four in front of her. He asked what her name was so he could announce it. She though long and hard and finally she said... Tris.
“First jumper--Tris!” Four sets his hand on my back and says, “Welcome to Dauntless.”
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