![]() ![]() I still feel guilt curling up inside me when I think about it. My instincts took over, and just one hard elbow to her jaw knocked her down. He almost loses his first fight as an initiate to a female, because he won't hit her. In the second story, "The Initiate", Four's main internal conflict is that he doesn't want to hit a girl. The new name reminds him of his strengths, and helps him mentally move away from the weakness he felt at the hands of his abusive father. It's here, in Dauntless, that he chooses a new name: Four. There, he discovers that he only has four fears: heights (falling from heights to be exact), claustrophobia, his hidden violent side, and his evil father, Marcus. When it comes time to choose his faction, he switches from Abnegation to Dauntless. Tobias is trapped in an abusive home, subject to his father's violent outbursts, and he feels he has no way out.īut he does! This story is called "The Transfer" and transfer he does. He's not happy about his identity or his situation, and we can't blame him. He's still just plain Tobias, which is like being an ice cream sundae without the chocolate sauce, banana, nuts, or cherry on top. ![]() If we were taking things chronologically, the first story in this collection, "The Transfer," would be the first time we meet Four. ![]()
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