Chapter 7

Lauren and Four lead all the initiates down a tunnel, the walls and ceiling is stone, lit at long intervals. Lauren takes the Dauntless-born initiates with her, while Four takes the transfers. Four introduces himself and introduces "The Pit" It's a huge underground cavern with uneven rock walls rising several stories, with places built into them to store supplies. Narrow paths connect them, with no barriers to keep people falling off the side. The roof of the Pit is made of glass, above it is a building that lets in sunlight. Blue lanterns dangle at random intervals above the stone paths. People dressed in black are everywhere, shouting, talking, and gesturing. Four introduces the chasm. Behind a railing, water roars, crashing against rocks several stories below. Four then leads them to the dining hall. The Dauntless inside, all applaud once the initiates walk in. This reminds me of Harry Potter :)

Christina and Tris sit next to Four. A platter of an unknown food sits before Tris. Four tells her that it's beef, to put ketchup on it. How does he know she's never had a hamburger before, how does he know that Abnegation don't eat hamburgers? A Dauntless leader named Eric walks toward their table, he is very young but age doesn't matter there. As he is introduced to Christina and Tris by Four, he says, "Oh a Stiff, We'll see how long you last." Eric and Four talk, they seem like rivals. Eric asks him why he won't meet with Max, who wants to give him a job. Four tells Eric that he has been satisfied with the position he holds, and has been for two years. After Eric leaves, Four explains that they were in the same initiate class, Eric was a transfer from Erudite. Tris questions Four on if he was a transfer, and he doesn't answer. He tells her to be careful, but she doesn't back down. Christina's theory is that Tris has a death wish! After dinner Eric, who volunteered to oversee some of the training, leads the initiates through some dark hallways and explains a few rules. You must be in the training room by 8 every day, training is 8-6, after 6 you can do whatever you want, no leaving the compound unless you are accompanied by a Dauntless. Eric then shows the initiates their dorms, and explains rankings. The rankings serve two purposes, it determines what order you will select jobs after initiation (only few jobs are desirable) and only the top ten initiates are made members. This means 6 people could not be members... I don' think that this is fair. Shouldn't the initiates be warned that they could end up factionless?? A lot of them probably wouldn't hae chose Dauntless if they knew they could end up factionless! I would think that the Dauntless would want more members, not less... but I think this just adds to Dauntless being mysterious and exclusive. The 9 initiates fall asleep, in the same room (awkward!!!) Tris starts to think about her family again. Will they come on visiting day? will they recognize me? Soon Tris hears sobbing, form the largest and broadest of the initiates. A candor boy named Al is sobbing. Tris explains how disgusted she is... this surprises me. She wants to comfort him but she realizes she doesn't have to anymore, she's not in abnegation. I haven't learned enough about Tris to know if she's Dauntless enough, but I for sure know she is not an abnegation... no matter how hard her parents tried to brainwash her into being one!

"The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between braver and idiocy!" A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You've been warned." -Four