Divergent Chapter 11 Quotes
Divergent Chapter 11 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 1
I look at my reflection in the small mirror on the back wall and see a stranger. She is blond like me, with a narrow face like mine, but that's where the similarities stop. I do not have a black eye, and a split lip, and a bruised jaw. I am not as pale as a sheet. She can't possibly be me, though she moves when I move. (11.9)
If you wanted to do a paper on identity and material goods, you might want to look at mirrors in this book, mostly because Tris doesn't have Facebook. After some time with the Dauntless, Tris doesn't recognize herself, probably because she's still holding on to her old self-image as meek Abnegation girl.
Quote 2
"This is what I chose. This is it." I look over Robert's shoulder. The Dauntless guards seem to have finished examining the truck. The bearded man gets back into the driver's seat and closes the door behind him. "Besides, Robert. The goal of my life isn't just...to be happy." (11.77)
Here, Tris talking to ex-Abnegation neighbor Robert, who has chosen to switch to Amity, where he farms and sings. That sounds like an okay life, right? But when he presents this option to Tris, she responds that she doesn't choose things just to make her happy. That sounds a little Abnegation to us. And also a little judgy.