How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I'd rather be factionless than Dauntless." (9.21)
Edward talks as if it's a choice to be factionless, but is it? It seems that for some Dauntless the "choice" is between exile and death. Is that really a choice, when you think about it?
Quote #5
"I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and… I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision." (12.81)
Tobias's choice involves a little more than just choosing a faction or choosing to become factionless. He's choosing whether or not to stay with Tris, and he's trying to figure out what is best for both of them.
Quote #6
I remember Evelyn's voice, speaking in the shadows in the factionless safe house: "What I am suggesting is that you become important." (21.17)
Tobias has to make a choice between his nature, which is fairly compassionate and diplomatic, and acting the way his faction expects him to act: fearless, cruel, and violent. That's a choice that most people in this book probably have to make, but Tobias's choice is front and center, because he's being pushed by his mother to achieve a position of power.