On Day 3 of 365 (before Divergent movie) and I

Continuing the countdown, here's the 3rd day challenge:

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER IN DIVERGENT?

Before answering that, I just want to write down that I originally plan to post my response/s to the challenges in a collective manner. I mean, like, at least 2 days challenge per post. I don't have a regular internet connection so I have no way to post them everyday. Also, it would save space (I think) and time to just post them altogether (though I don't plan on stuffing too much, at most 5 days challenge would be acceptable).

Anyway, the reason that I decided to post the 3rd day challenge alone in this blog post, aside from to piss off my irritating sister by grabbing the computer from her, is because I like the challenge and I want to put a lot of thought to my answer.

So, my answer:

At first thought, or whenever I am asked this question, my initial response would be Four or Tobias Eaton.

I just really love this character. He is so real and believable. I actually learned from his words and geez! he's like an icon.

But, thinking deeply...

I think, my real favorite character in Divergent is Tris or Beatrice Prior. She's the reason I fell for this book.

It would be a cliche to say that I can relate to her. I'm sure a lot of fans also say this but we have our own reasons for believing so. Besides, I think, everyone can actually   relate easily to her especially in this world where definition of things have been "edited" to a lower level. (I'm not that wise yet to explain this so easily.)

When I read the book, I was (and still am) in the middle of a storm and a hurricane and all those natural disasters. I'm serving my biggest disappointment yet.

I was in this crossroads where I have to choose between safety and the unknown. (The unknown, being the possibility of greater things in life; greater opportunities). It is so hard because the choice that I'm going to make will impact on me long-term. It will decide my future. And for the past year, for choosing safety, I've been doing all wrong.

Just like Tris, who left the safety of her former faction to join another faction in hope to search who she really is and what she really wants, I left safety and chose the unknown.

The problem is, the unknown is unknown.

Comparing myself to my friends and other people my own age, I am nowhere. They have their own places, I have none. I'm not sure where to go. Or maybe I do, I'm just scared or in doubt.

I want to be more like Tris. I want to know where I want to go and hold it and keep it and stick to it til the end.

It's already hard thinking about myself. It's harder when I have to consider others, especially my family.

Yeah, it's getting personal. XD