Chapter ten holds a lot of descriptions of Peter, a character with whom I have a love-hate relationship. The blind-reader in me dislikes him, and the personality type that I fall under would hardly be a fan, but I see something much deeper in his character. Bullies bully for a reason, after all. He picks on Tris, getting Drew and Molly to be his lackeys in defacing her bed. He feels threatened by Tris, that much is obvious, which I think is a very cute weakness (though, he needs to manage it better for sure, lil' on the crazy side, there).
In this chapter, Peter and Tris fight, and the result is brutal. He beats her with no regard for her gender or her stature--which is nice in a way. He doesn't treat Tris like she's weak; in fact, I think he's the only character that recognizes just how strong she is in truth. He tries to cripple that, because like I said, lil' cray, but you know, the sentiment still remains.
At the start she mentions that. "It's hard to believe I could hate someone who looks so kind--his eyebrows turn upward naturally, and he has a wide, white smile." I'm trying to with alllll my heart and soul see the redeeming factors in Peter because there's something archaic about his character. I really really like him, and I don't want to be unvalidated in that.
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