"Edward lies on the floor next to his bed, clutching at his face. Surrounding his head is a halo of blood, and jutting between his clawing fingers is a silver knife handle. My heart thumping in my ears, I recognize it as a butter knife from the dining hall. The blade is stuck in Edward's eye." p.202
() It's hard for something, especially a book, to get some sort of reaction from me, but when I read this paragraph a million things raced through my mind. How could someone who's supposed to be 'Dauntless', or courageous, or brave, do something as cowardly as this? And also, how could a group, or 'faction', of people who believe that cowardness is a direct sign of weakness (and therefore those who are cowards are unfit for the Dauntless lifestyle) let something like this happen?
I guess what really made me react was that the injury wasn't just anywhere, it was in the eye. A stab almost anywhere else can heal. Especially a stab from a butter knife. But a stab to the eye? That eye will either be gone or severely damaged to the point where it won't even be useful anymore.
You make an excellent point here, this attact does seem completely against the ideals of the Dauntless. What do you think the author's purpose is for this? It is great when a book can get a reaction from you, that is when it is usually a really good book. Well done.
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