As I read, I noticed that the author used similes to show a characters feelings or thoughts. One of Tris's friends is describing someone he used to know. He says that, " Jeanine's so smart you can see it even before she says anything. Like... a walking, talking computer ( 317)." He makes the comparison between her and a computer using 'like'. He thinks of her this way, signifying the author's purpose of using similes. Another instance where a simile is used is when Tris experiences excitement. She says on page 327, " Excitement runs through me like the blood in my veins...". She compares the excitment to her blood, because of how fast it is running through her body. She does this by using 'like', as stated formerly. The author used this simile to show a characters feelings.
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The gate icon, Details, relates to what I read. In the chapter, a character named Al, one of the main character's friends, committed suicide. That shows the who and the what in the scene. On page 303, some side characters elaborate saying, " One of the initiates [Al]. What happened?" " Same thing that happens every year, he pitched himself over the ledge." Al jumped off the ledge of the 'chasm', an area next to a waterfall. This explains the 'why' of the scene. Although his reason for doing so is unclear, Tris, the main character, believes that it was her fault. She states on page 315, " But I should have. I should have forgiven him." She feels guilty for not accepting his appology from when he ,along with two other guys, tried to throw her off the chasm. She believes that if she had forgiven him, things would have played out differently.
The author uses personification very briefly in the text. However as I read, I found some examples of it in it. The author mainly uses it to describe the feeling, mood, or tone of the scene. For example, on page 299, the main character, Tris, sees a person who tried to throw her off a ledge to her death. She says, " Pain stabs my stomach when I see him." Pain is a nonliving thing, and should not be able to stab her. The author used it to signify that she is nervous about seeing him. Another scene is when Tris is talking to one of her leaders. She says something a bit embarrassing and blushes. Tris explains, " Heat rises to my face." Again, heat is not a living thing, and can not rise. Unless it is in temperature. The author uses this to show that she is embarrassed in this scene.
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.
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.
On page 162, a guy named Al is about to get a knife thrown at him. This was a punishment for not getting his knife off the floor while others were throwing them. Since he was scared of getting hit with a knife, he was told to stand in front of a target. The goal was to get him not to flinch. Tris was watching in the background and told them to stop. " 'Any idiot can stand on front of a target,' I say, ' It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which as I recall, is a sign of of cowardice.' ", (pg 162) is what she tells them before they throw the knife. The man who told Al to stand in front of the target, Eric, then told Tris to take Al's place. She did, and she did not flinch through the 3 knifes that were thrown at her. However, one of the knifes grazed her ear. Four, the one throwing the knifes, said he did that on purpose. He says on page 165, " ' Yes I did, and you should thank me for helping you.' " This shows that Tris is willing to stand up for others.
In the book Divergent, by Veronica Roth, the main character is Beatrice " Tris " Prior. Her name is revealed on page 10, where it says, " From Abnegation: Susan Black and Beatrice Prior." In this scene, the 16 year-olds of every faction were being called to take the " Aptitude test ". Tris is blonde, as stated in page 1, in which it reads, " I sit on the stool as my mother stands behind me with the scissors, trimming. The strands fall on the floor in a dull, blonde ring." Beatrice's mother is trimming her hair in this scene. She is a dynamic character. This is because she switched factions, and in changing factions, she changed her appearance and her personality slightly. On page 87, Tris says, " Looking at myself now isn't like seeing myself for the first time, it's like seeing someone else for the first time." She just got a makeover from her friend, Christina, and is looking in the mirror at her new appearance.
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