Close Reading Analysis -- Quotes from all Books

"Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn into liquid. Or burst into flames." 

Tris - Divergent, chapter 12, page 143. 

SUMMARY: Tris says this to herself when she first realizes she is falling for Tobias, or Four. They are climbing the Ferris wheel while playing their traditional capture the flag game, a dauntless tradition. Tris, not knowing they will soon fall in love, brings out the best in Four, and he brings out the best in her. They push each other the way no one else can, as shown, because Four is deathly afraid of heights. This moment on the Ferris wheel starts to develop their relationship deeper and also builds a path for an entirely new side of the both of them, as they work together to achieve their victory. 

LITERARY DEVICES: 

• Hyperbole - Extreme exaggeration of how Tris feels around Tobias: "Or burst into flames." 
• Foreshadow - Foreshadows the upcoming relationship between Tris and Tobias.
• Dramatic Irony - Tris just realizes that Tobias is the cause for all the feelings she has been feeling, but as an audience, we knew from the beginning that Tobias and Tris were in love. 

SENTENCE STRUCTURE:

1. Passage - Use of multiple periods are to show nervous and anxious feelings in Tris. Use of different sentences to describe one feeling are to show an excited and unsure response to her feelings. Also, the use phrases like "turn into liquid" and "burst into flames" show mixed reactions all at once, clouding Tris's judgement. 
2. Book - Sentence structure of this passage from Tris shows that she is very nervous to her feelings throughout the book. It also shows the relationship between her and herself, questioning and uneasy which follows in other parts of the book. 

"Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged." 

Candor Faction Manifesto - Insurgent, epigraph.

SUMMARY: The faction Candor values the truth above all else, hence this sentence from the Candor faction manifesto. In the second book, Tris and other members running from Erudite hide out in Candor with the rest of Dauntless. During their stay, Tris finally speaks the truth about herself, but also learns the truth about what she must do in order to save her fellow peers. I feel that is the reason why Insurgent starts with this quote, to show that the truth always prevails, foreshadowing the sacrifices Tris must make for herself and for her family.
LITERARY DEVICES:

• Simile - Compares the truth to a wild animal.
• Foreshadow - Foreshadows the secrets Tris's has been keeping will finally come to light in the second book.
• Personification - Giving "truth," an inanimate thing, the quality of being held back or oppressed by real-life objects, like the cage. 

SENTENCE STRUCTURE:

1. Passage - The use of a minimal, one-sentence line to show what the truth is shows how powerful it is in this book. Using nouns like "animal" and "caged" shows that the truth is not just an inanimate object, but something much more powerful. The use of verbs and adjectives like "too" and "wild" show emphasis on the truth and what it can do. 
2. Book - Sentence structure of this sentence reflects on the book by showing how the use of only one sentence can have a big effect on the reader. For example, this sentence is minimalistic, but speaks volume about the truth and how it plays a big impact on the plot and characters in the book. Also, this structure shows that other sentences are like this in the book.

"But that wasn't the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother's false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. I saw her, but I didn't see her; no one saw her the way she truly was until she jumped. I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last."

Tobias - Allegiant, chapter 53, page 492. 

SUMMARY: After Tris's death, Tobias morns her loss by remembering when she was the first jumper out of the Dauntless transfers. He was remembering how fearless and beautiful she was, thinking that was the first time he saw her. Tobias then remembers that he saw her before she jumped, but only realizing that she truly showed herself when she did jump. Tris was someone so extraordinary and fearless that it was a cause in her sudden death. 

LITERARY DEVICES:

• Metaphor - Comparing Tris to a bright fire and her death to the fire dying out quickly.
• Paradox - Contradictory statements together: "I saw her, but I didn't see her." They are both simultaneously true because Tobias is expressing that he saw her as an average person and fellow Abnegation, but didn't truly see her until he got to know who she was. 

SENTENCE STRUCTURE:

1. Passage - Use of many sentences to describe how Tobias is remembering Tris shows that he is not accepting her death. Multiple commas shows that he is trying to remember her any way he can. Use of verb "suppose" shows that he believes she could have survived. 
2. Book - What this passage shows for sentence structure in the rest of the book is the disbelief of characters over Tris's death. Sentences like this, with many of the same feelings and thoughts looked over by the character, shows that they are still shocked. Also, this passage reflects on the books structure by showing the thought process of characters and how style of writing influences that. 

Ferris Wheel Divergent