Monday, May 20, 2013

Chapter XXXVIII



Tris faces Tobias in the control room as he holds a gun on her. She places the gun on the floor but he tells her to drop the weapon again.  When she realizes he doesn’t know what is happening, she runs at him, grabbing his wrist. The gun goes off and she is able to make him release the weapon. They begin fighting with Tris desperately trying to figure out how to win in this situation and then says his name.  When he hesitates slightly, Tris is able to get the gun and points it at him. I wonder how Tris developed so much strength to take on Tobias? Talking to him, she tries to get him to remember who he is and knows she can’t kill him. She realizes she has been in this situation before in her fear landscape and chose to die in the past. She doesn’t choose that option this time. She relies upon the words of her father:

“My father says – used to say – that here is power in self-sacrifice.”

She offers Tobias the gun and he quickly presses it against her forehead. She reaches out to rest her hand against his chest and feels his heartbeat as the bullet clicks into the chamber. This chapter leaves me with a large cliffhanger. This event just reinforces the trust that Tris and Tobias share.

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