The conflict in this chapter started on page 266, when one of the faction leaders made a progress reports of the initiates' rankings. When Tris saw that her name was in the first slot, she knew she was in trouble. Her enemy, Peter, came in second, and as Tris said, " If Peter and his friends hated me before, they will despise me now."( 267) . Peter already shows some of this anger shortly after, because he grabs Tris by her shoulders and shoves her against the wall. He says that he will " not be outranked by a Stiff"( 267). Stiff is what the Dauntless call the Abnegation, Tris' old faction. That same night, the conflict really went into full effect. When Tris wakes up during the night to drink water, she hears voices. As she begins to inch closer, Peter grabs her and puts a blindfold on her. Another hand covers her mouth. She hears the waterfall of the chasm, and knows that they are planning on throwing her off the edge. This scene is an example of the conflict because Tris knew that something bad would happen. She has an external conflict with Peter and the other guys. She tries with all her might to break free from the guy's grip, but does not succeed. Although this is not the main topic of the book, it is a significant one. She constantly struggles with Peter throughout the book.
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From pages 251 to 254, Tris undergoes a simulation. Simulations are used to test the person's fears, and they are timed on how long it takes them to control their heart rate. However, since Tris is Divergent, she is able to finish the simulations much faster than the other initiates. In this simulation, she is trapped in a glass box, that has water slowly rising from the bottom to the top. She remembers that she is in a simulation, as she says on page 254, " The simulation is all in your head." After this, she breaks free from the box, as she breaks the glass. The person doing the test on her, Four, realizes that she is divergent, as Four explains on page 255, " You manipulated the simulation: you're Divergent." This scene is significant because it shows what Tris is capable of doing, and how rare it is to be Divergent. Now that Four knows her secret, his perspective on her will most likely change.
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