Readers can be Psychic

     I'm moving further into Divergent and I am loving every page turn! Right now I'm at the part where Tris just got beat up by Peter in their duel, which I believe was a totally unfair match and it was all Eric's fault, who I really don't like, he just gives me this bad feeling and- sorry I'm ranting aren't I? Anyway, Tris and the rest of the initiates have just visited the fence to learn about Dauntless jobs. She had a brief conversation with Robert who was from Abnegation and switched to Amity. Then Four warns her about the decisions she makes. The chapter ended with Four and Tris talking and it really got me thinking...

     First off, I think that Four is really Tobias (the son of one of Marcus who is one of the Abnegation political leaders). Earlier in the book Tris' father eplains the story of how Tobias switched factions. He said, "'Two years ago, Tobias, left us for the Dauntless, and Marcus was devastated'" (Roth 34). Later on when Eric tells Four that Max wanted to meet with him, we find out it was to talk about a job. Eric asks if he's interested and Four replies, "'I haven't been interested for two years'" (Roth 68). Even farther into the book we learn that Four finished first out of all the initiates in his group. The top initiates get to pick form the best jobs in the Dauntless faction. From all of this information I am led to believe that Tobias switched to Dauntless, changed his name (just as he advised to Tris who changed her name from Beatrice), finished first in his group, picked the job he wanted, and that job wasn't the job Max wanted him to pick.

     I also predict that Four and Tris develop a sort of romance. When on her way to the fence, Tris constantly finds herself admiring Four. Tris explains, "Every few seconds, though, my eyes shift back to Four...I do it without thinking" (Roth 122). From her subconscious tendency to look at Four we can start to see her affection growing for him. I also have picked up on some hints that indicate Four has his eye on Tris. When the two are talking at the fence Tris asks him why he left when she was getting beat up by Peter. He replies, "'It wasn't something I wanted to watch'" (Roth 129). We can guess that Four wasn't able to do anything about her getting beat up due to Eric being there and the ways of the faction. However, he may have left because he has feelings for Tris and couldn't bear to watch her get hurt, unable to do anything about it.

     I hope my predictions are right and that I am truly a psychic reader. It helps if you really pay attention to details and pick up on the little hints from the author. Of course it also helps if you see the movie previews do to the show being so widely advertised. And then overhearing your friends talk about the book before you have even picked it up can help with figuring out what happens next too. Obviously I only used the context clues because I'm just skilled like that (*Wink*). I guess the only way to find out if my predictions are correct is to continue reading. Divergent here I come!




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