There are tons of guns in this novel, and where you find tons of guns, you usually find lots of death. Postapocalyptic Chicago feels like a warzone at times, and death comes with the territory disputes.
Tris carries a lot of death around with her. Both of her parents died in a blaze of sacrificial glory at the end of the last novel, and Tris herself has killed a man, albeit in self-defense. She has to cope with all these deaths and try to come to terms with her own inevitable demise over the course of Insurgent.
Questions About Mortality
- Do you think Tris is brave or suicidal?
- Why does Tris want to die? What makes her change her mind?
- How do the Dauntless view death? Does this explain Tris's behavior?
- Why does it take so long for Tris to get over shooting Will? Do you think Tobias feels similar about shooting Eric?