Comparing Will's And Tris 'Stay In Dauntless'

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and has continuously turned down a promotion. After dinner, Eric explains the several stages of training and that only the top ten initiates get to stay in Dauntless. This news worries Tris as she feels she is not as strong or agile as the others. During the night, a Candor boy named Al breaks down and whimpers throughout the whole night. In the morning, they are taught how to shoot a gun. Tris is not quite confident until she is mocked by Will, another transfer. Al, Christina, and Tris sit together for lunch. They discuss how their factions don't really relate or associate with one another. Eventually, Will appears at the table attempting to avoid the transfer couple, Edward and Myra. Tris observes their public display of affection as an …show more content…

She introduces Four to Natalie and he explains that she is doing well in training. Natalie pulls Tris always to talk in private and asks what the results of her test were. Tris caves in and tells her they were inconclusive. She warns Tris not to tell anyone about her divergence and to visit Caleb after initiation. As her mother leaves the compound, Tris realizes that Natalie was once from Dauntless. Afterwards, Four discloses the ranking of the first initiation process with the group. The order for stage one is, Edward, Peter, Will, Christina, Molly, Tris, Drew, Al, and Myra. During the night, a deafening scream is heard throughout the dorms. The group find Edward with a blade lodged in his eye. Drew and Peter are the only ones not present. Later on, they notice Edward and Myra's quarters are empty. They quit the initiation process. Uriah, one of the Dauntless born, invites Tris to an initiation ritual. He assures her that Four won't be attending. The Dauntless will zip-line a hundred stories down the abandoned Hancock building. She feels pure exhilaration as she flys through the air. When she returns, her friends are somewhat jealous of her experience. Tris starts to believe that she truly belongs in