Chapter 6

As Beatrice is leaving the compound, following the Dauntless, she sees her parents. Her father's eyes burn into hers with "accusation". I was pretty appalled by this, I knew her father would be dissapointed, but this act was selfish of him, and couldn't her parents suspect that Beatrice was not like the other Abngeation children? She didn't act like the others. Her mother smiled at her though, she probably knew what Beatrice would choose because she's her mother. She is more selfless then the father. Beatrice also sees her brother, he's happy, and it makes her stomach wrench seeing how easy it is for him. I think it was so easy for Caleb to act Abnegation, because he was so naturally smart. He knew the smart thing to do was to act Abnegation, do what he was told, make the right choices.
The Dauntless start running down the stairs, Beatrice thought that only Abnegation took the stairs, but Dauntless don't do it for the same reason Abnegation does it. They take the stairs because it's a wild act.   They run across the street, in front of cars, to the train tracks. Beatrice throws herself on the train, good thing she watched them do this so many times arriving to school otherwise she would be like the Erudite boy, he didn't even make it on the train.

On the train, Beatrice meets Christina, a Candor girl with dark brown skin, short hair, tall. 

 Beatrice thinks about her family, who will do the dishes tonight? Did Caleb always know that he would choose Erudite? 

Once it's time to jump out, they must jump onto a roof (the tracks are seven stories up). Christina and Beatrice jump off together. One boy doesn't jump, he fails initiation, another jumped but didn't make it... she lies dead on the pavement below. Beatrice forces herself to move on, which really surprises me because being in Abnegation there is no aggression. So, how could she move on so quickly, just witnessing what could have happened to her, watching someone die. This just proves that she was meant to be a Dauntless, this was a brave act. 

Checking a wound on her elbow, a boy named Peter says, "Ooh. Scandalous! A Stiff's flashing some skin!" Stiff is a slang for Abnegation, and Beatrice is the only stiff there.
A man named Max explains that he's a Dauntless leader. He explains that below is the compound, you must jump off the roof to get there, initiates first. No one wants to go first, Beatrice is proud and she makes her way to the ledge, knowing something has to be at the bottom. 

With laughs behind her, she jumps. She lands on a net. Rolling off, a man named Four catches her. He asks her name, "Think about it, you don't get to pick again." Beatrice thinks, a new name, a new placce, she will be remade here. "Tris." A crowd cheers for Tris, the first jumper, a stiff, that is something to remember! Christina jumps next, "Welcome to Dauntless!"

"that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks it, the better chance I have at survivng initiation." -Beatrice