Every culture develops a certain kind of ritual around fear. Dauntless have developed the ritual of tattooing symbols representing relevant events in their lives , as well as any fear to overcome.Tris finds out that one of her deepest fears is related to the family she has left behind. Even if her brother Caleb made up his mind before she could even know she was deciding for the Dauntless, deep in her heart, she had already abandoned them.As a way to deal with pain and guilt, she has a tattoo done on her collar bone.Three black ravens around her neck area, as if they were watching it, as if they were aware of the weakness of her small throat, which could be cut in a minute, even hurt by the ravens themselves.They symbolize, death but also living creatures. Ambiguity.They watch carefully. They live to the community they belong to.They represent her family.What Tris really fears is loneliness, living without people who truly care about you and others.
Would you get a tatoo if you could, like Tris?
ReplyDeleteI was going to ask something similar... what would you choose, if you wanted a tattoo? I'm not very fond of them, but if I could choose, I'd have a drop of water, or a small star... but "nothing" would be my first choice :-)
ReplyDeleteI would choose to keep my skin just the way it is.I don't like sharing so personal things with the rest of the world.However,....maybe a rose...
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