Reading Responce 3: Divergent

     Over the past couple of weeks as Tris has been going though initiation she has been growing closer and closer to one of the instructors named Four. Four is only a couple years ahead of Tris. In the faction, Dauntless, they like to select the youngest and best to be the leaders of the faction. While other factions choose the oldest and most wise.
      In the section of the book I have most recently read; all of the initiates have to be given a serum and undergo a process in their own conscious while being overseen by Four. They call the process simulations. In the simulations you have to face your worst fears and learn to overcome them because that is what Dauntless is all about. Being brave and doing things that regular people are threatened and scared by.
      A normal simulation typically takes 10 to 15 minutes for an initiate to finish. The simulation ends once you find a way to overcome what is happening to you. While Tris was undergoing her initiation she was put in a situation to where she was being attacked by big black crows. Tearing at her flesh and pecking at her from every angle. Tris was so frightened that she was crying and calling out for help from Four even though he could do nothing because she was in her own mind. Once Tris came out of the simulation she immediately went straight for Four balling her eyes out, but with a huge amount of fury that he just put her though that. Four calmed her down and comforted her. Then Tris's worst fear actually happened. Four looked at her very seriously and said, "Are you Divergent?". Tris's heart sank into her stomach. Being divergent is the one this she is supposed to keep secret. For the safety of her life.
      Later Tris went and talked to the one and only woman who knew she was divergent. She warned Tris to be extremely careful. She said that the only people that know anything about divergent are either the people who are divergent themselves, (which is extremely rare) or the people who kill the divergent. What is Four? Divergent or deadly?

      "But becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point."
      This quote is my absolute favorite in the entire book. It has such a powerful message, yet it is so simple. Fear is something that people will always and forever have in their lives. But being able to control your fears is such a great attribute. It makes you a stronger person and more able to overcome the difficult things in life. Instead of letting the fear control who you are; you can use it as an advantage. Its smart. This quote may be the single most important line in the entire book. Setting the ground for more to come. More fear. More fight. More overcoming.