Throughout the story so far, the main character, Beatrice, has undergone many minor transformations as the events of the story have unfolded. At this point in the story, the main character has had to choose between 4 to 5 different factions, each one representing a different kind of person, who all share the same character traits. She chose to stray from her home "faction" and went to a faction known as "dauntless", so named because they have no fear and are expected to be able to act quickly, while still regarding their safety. This is a transformation as she thought she was going to stay in her original faction for her life, much like her mother and father, and that is what her father expected her to do, even though she seemed unhappy in the faction. By choosing to join the dauntless, she went against what her mother had thought, something she had never done before. After this, she had to go through the dauntless initiation which involves jumping on and off of a moving train, jumping down into the capital of the dauntless and surviving the training, which includes shooting, and hand-to-hand combat so far. The first step, which was to shoot a gun, was something completely new to her as she had never even held a gun before because her faction felt that guns were only used for personal gain, which was against its morals. Even so, she knew that her mother and father would not approve of her holding a gun, let alone shooting it. Next came the fighting in hand to hand combat, which again she was never allowed to do as it was still considered to be done only for personal gain. She noticed the same feelings of knowing her mother and father would not approve of what she is doing, and she even started to miss home for a little bit, and kept thinking back to her mother and father a lot, especially the first couple of nights when she was trying to get to sleep. However, through the friends she makes from the other factions who chose to switch to dauntless, she develops less of a longing for home, and has become better at living in the moment, with the fact that she is for the first time, away from her home and the restrictions that accompany that. I think the biggest transformation was caused by her friends taking her to get rid of the clothes she was given from her old faction, which were very conservative, and buying her new clothes that make her more "noticeable". By doing this, the friends are cutting her off from something from her old faction, which is helping her change and assimilate into the new one. Also, she changes her name from Beatrice to Tris, once again something which cuts off her connection to her home.
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