QUOTE: "I do not know what life will be like, separated from a faction- it feels disengaged, like a leaf divided from the tree that gives it sustenance...I have no home, no path, and no certainty." (487)
SUMMARY: These are the last thoughts we hear from Tris as the novel closes. As Tris gains freedom by no longer belonging to a faction, she is still of the mindset that she needs the factions to survive and does not know what lies ahead for her
What is the meaning behind the author's tree simile?
Tris has always been a part of this system that has supported her and given her life, although not an ideal one. Now that Tris is this separate, detached leaf, she does not know how she plans to survive outside of the factions and on her own.
What makes Tris nervous instead of excited for this newfound freedom at the end of the novel?
I believe that Tris is still very apprehensive and unsure about everything she is doing. She still is so comfortable with the norm of the faction system that the thought of being independent is more overwhelming than exciting.
Why use the word "disengaged'?
Tris only knows of one society, the factions. When she is no longer a part of it, she no has no role in any society. She is now an outcast and doesn't fully know how to adapt to not being in that society
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