Choosing ceremony! I loved this chapter. So much action! The 16 year olds line up in a straight line and Marcus (the one being attacked by the media) begins by notifying the audience why they are here and why their children are in this situation (reminds me of the video they play before Effie Trinket reads the tributes in The Hunger Games). Beatrice begins to second guess herself (I would too in this situation). At the end of the chapter, it was her turn to choose. Marcus hands her the knife and she draws blood.
"I am selfish. I am brave."
And she puts her blood into the pit of the DAUNTLESS.
There was so much suspense! And now that you mention that, it is sort of like Hunger Games!
ReplyDeleteI didn't read much of the Hunger Games since I couldn't get into the style, but I've seen a lot of people on various sites making similar parallels. With the whole quote, "Faction before blood" and them literally giving their blood as a sign of devotion, was it similar to the districts in the Hunger Games? Were they effortlessly devoted like the citizens are to their factions or was there more doubt?
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