The Fear Landscape

Matthew Scafuri
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     In Divergent by Veronica Roth, fear is on of the main components of being Dauntless. In the beginning of the story, Tris thought of the Dauntless as brave and fearless. As she joins with them, however, she sees that they aren't as brave as they show themselves to be. They really show her that not everyone can conquer fear, but that they can suppress fear and make it not effect them as much. 

     During Tris's fear landscape, there were only a few times that she actually faces her fear head on. At other times, she uses Divergent to break her fears. The fear landscape can only end if you calm down and find an inner place where you really are happy. Her actual fears vary greatly, from being kidnapped to drowning, but she still manages to calm down on each obstacle. One of her biggest fears was the crows. The crows would peck at her skin and attack her. Another fear was that she had a sun and was being forced to shoot and kill her mother and father. Even though she had more trouble getting to her happy place in this thought, she did.

      Even though I may not have a 'Happy Place,' I have other ways of dealing with my anger. I type my thoughts and then read them back to myself to become calm. Tris may be put in a more serious situation, but sometimes when you are doing something it seems like it is more important then anything. Everyone gets mad, and a lot of people have different ways of dealing with them. Everyone needs to find their own happy place, whether it is writing things down to thinking about good things.