“I close my eyes and thrust my arm out. My blood drips onto the carpet between the two bowls. Then, with a gasp I can’t contain, I shift my hand forward, and my blood sizzles on the coals. I am selfish. I am brave.” (Roth, 47)
This is a powerful
quote because it demonstrates that Beatrice is brave. This is shown when Beatrice
makes a large forceful motion as she thrusts her hand over to the sizzling pile
of coals of the Dauntless bowl and chooses to dedicate the rest of her living
life towards that specific faction while leaving the remaining members of her
once family behind her. The highlighted quote also states that Beatrice has
gone against her faction of Abnegation by admitting to being selfish, which is
against the selflessness quality that Abnegation upholds. Because of this,
Beatrice shows that she does not fit in within her faction and demands to be
somewhere different. This informs the audience that Beatrice is a very dynamic
character as she has swayed from being selfless within the Abnegation faction,
to being brave by joining the Dauntless faction. Roth states, “I shift
my hand forward, and my blood sizzles on the coals.” (Roth, 47) This quote is
highlighted by the author’s use of diction that is created by the choice of
words. The author’s use of diction by choosing words such as “thrust” and
“sizzle” emphasize the action that is happening within the quote, and thus
makes the reader urge to read more of the story and want to know what will continue
to happen next. Because of this, Beatrice is shown to be a brave soul to leave
her faction of Abnegation and join the Dauntless faction, and that the author’s
choice of diction emphasizes her choice to choose the Dauntless faction.
In the part where you say "This is shown when Beatrice makes a large forceful motion as she thrusts her hand over to the sizzling pile of coals[...]", I noticed that this sentence was your contextualization. I think that the post would be made easier to understand if you place the contextualization above the quote, but make it a bit shorter, as it allows readers to know what is going on without having to read further. Otherwise, I didn't find anything I disagreed with.
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