Chapter Twenty-Five

In this chapter the misfit transfers, now one less in number, throw newspapers in the chasm where Al once stood. Tris muses over whether or not it was an agonizing decision, or a simple one--things that she'll never know. They all got symbolic tattoos, though Christina and Will's are not mentioned. In the face of the death of a friend--or something close to a friend--she embraces her Abnegation, inching a step closer to accepting her Divergence. 

Forgive me for being vague, but as previously stated, not a big fan of Fourtris. :I And this chapter is pretty much aaaaaall romantic soul searching. She follows Four up to the fear landscape and goes through his simulation with him--though, personally, shooting up together with a guy to be inside his head is a little... Hm. She goes through his four fears, which, surprise, surprise, is what his name is derived from: heights, claustrophobia, shooting his mother, and being abused by his father.

Through all of this they say some mushy things blah blah and all the reader's assumptions that Four and Tobias are one in the same are confirmed! One thing I do have to give Tris props for during their gross romantic journey through Four's fears (maybe they should try a picnic or a movie or something sometimes) is her defence against his father. Parental figures can be scary with or without an iron fist and the children are often submissive by nature to those that brought them into the world. Stepping in and taking a blow for him--that was pretty cool. 

"He looks years older; he looks years younger. He throws his arms up to protect his face, jumping back."

I just... Liked the way Roth described this I guess--it made it seem like an earnest fear. Just a good sentence.