Four has become more accustomed to the life of dauntless, but still has doubts since his past didn’t shape him for this life. In one scene, Four is fighting Eric, and losing, until Eric mentions that he knows Four’s real name, that was the turning point of the fight which led Four to victory (Roth 80). This scene shows how your past can’t affect your future if you don’t let it. If Eric would have won the fight, everyone would have known who Four was, which would’ve wrecked his future. Throughout the novel Four an important theme is frequently conveyed: your past doesn’t create your future. Veronica Roth helps the reader see this message through scenes where Four sees the impact his past is having on him. He learns what his life could be like and has to decide what he will do. As a reader, it’s frustrating when Four lets his past affect his decisions because he is letting his past create his life. The novel Four is a fast-paced, emotional book that should be read by everyone to better understand that your past doesn’t affect your future unless you let
Four has become more accustomed to the life of dauntless, but still has doubts since his past didn’t shape him for this life. In one scene, Four is fighting Eric, and losing, until Eric mentions that he knows Four’s real name, that was the turning point of the fight which led Four to victory (Roth 80). This scene shows how your past can’t affect your future if you don’t let it. If Eric would have won the fight, everyone would have known who Four was, which would’ve wrecked his future. Throughout the novel Four an important theme is frequently conveyed: your past doesn’t create your future. Veronica Roth helps the reader see this message through scenes where Four sees the impact his past is having on him. He learns what his life could be like and has to decide what he will do. As a reader, it’s frustrating when Four lets his past affect his decisions because he is letting his past create his life. The novel Four is a fast-paced, emotional book that should be read by everyone to better understand that your past doesn’t affect your future unless you let