SCENE 15 INT: CAFETERIA Follow Bella, Mike and Jessica as they carry their trays to a table. Eric appears,
and squishes into a seat next to Bella. 1.
ERIC: Mike, you met my home girl Bella. 2.
MIKE: Your home girl?
3. JESSICA: to Bella It’s first grade all over again, and you’re the shiny new toy. PPS
Bella smiles awkwardly. Analysis
It is Jessica’s utterance that will be discussed in this scene, i.e. speech 3. This speech can be considered as Positive Politeness Strategy PPS since Jessica
tries to make her new friend, Bella, feel good of herself.
SCENE 24: INT. FORKS COFFEE SHOP ON A TOP SIRLOIN STEAK as it is set in front of Charlie. He shares a table with
Bella. Include the waitress, Cora, 30’s. She beams at Bella as she sets a plate of cod in front of her. Several loggers at the counter offer Bella welcoming smiles.
She shrinks in her seat at the attention. Charlie’s oblivious.
1. CORA: Can’t get over how grown up you are. And so gorgeous.
Bella glances at Charlie, who keeps his eyes on his steak. A bearded, hippy logger, WAYLON FORGE, 50, appears behind Cora, leaning over her
shoulder to Bella
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2. WAYLON: ‘Member me, honey? I was Santa one year.
3. CHARLIE: Waylon, she hasn’t had a Christmas here since she was four.
4. WAYLON: Bet I made an impression, though.
5. CHARLIE: You always do. PPS
6. CORA: Let the girl eat her cod, Waylon. to Bella When you’re done, I’ll
bring your favorite - berry cobbler. Remember? Your dad still has it. Every
Thursday.
7. BELLA: doesn’t remember at all That’d be great, thank you. PPS
Cora shoos Waylon away. Left alone now, Charlie and Bella both reach for the salt, knock hands. Charlie goes for the ketchup instead. Silence as they
eat. A burst of LAUGHTER from a nearby happy FAMILY only serves to emphasize their discomfort. Bella tries to bridge the gap.
8. BELLA: So... you eat here every night?
9. CHARLIE: Easier than washing dishes.
10. BELLA: I can cook. ORIS
He looks up, as if confused by the concept. 11.
BELLA: I do the cooking at home - in Phoenix. Mom’s not great in the kitchen.
12. CHARLIE: I remember... PPS
They both laugh -- recalling an especially bad dinner. 13.
CHARLIE: How was school? Meet anyone? PPS
14. BELLA: A few people... Do you know the Cullen family?
15. CHARLIE: looks up sharply Are people talking about them again?
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16. BELLA: No... well, a little.
17. CHARLIE: Just ‘cause they’re newcomers. We’re lucky to have a surgeon
like Dr. Cullen at our Podunk hospital. Lucky his wife wanted to live in a small town. Lucky his kids aren’t like a lot of the hell-raisers
around here. 18.
BELLA: ... Okay. PPS
19. CHARLIE: I just don’t like narrow-mindedness.
And he returns to his food. Silence
Analysis
The utterances that will be discussed in this scene belong to Charlie and Bella. Firstly, Charlie’s utterance in speech 5 in which Charlie uses Positive
Politeness Strategy PPS. In this part, Charlie as the speaker wants to make his addressee feel good of himself. Previously, Charlie’s interlocutor said that he bet
he had made impression to Bella. By saying “You always do”, Charlie has also followed Leech’s Approbation maxim, i.e. minimize the expression of beliefs
which express dispraise of other; maximize the expression of beliefs which express approval of other
Then, Bella’s utterance in speech 7 can be considered as PPS as Bella tries to save her interlocutor’s positive face, i.e. a desire to be approved, agreed.
Though Bella does not remember that berry cobbler was her favourite dessert
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when she was a kid, Bella agrees to have it and thanks her interlocutor. She does so to avoid doing positive threatening act toward the addressee.
In speech 10, we can see Bella uses Off-Record Indirect Strategy ORIS when offering herself to cook for their meal. She uses indirect language and
removes herself from the potential to be imposing Charlie to ask her to cook. However when she looks Charlie has not responded yet, Bella continues in speech
11 telling how usual for her to cook. She says it in order to take Charlie’s guilty off if he lets Bella cook. She also reminds her father how bad her mother’s cook
is. Charlie responds to this by using Positive Politeness Strategy PPS in speech 12. Charlie satisfies Bella’s positive face by saying “I remember” because it
means he agrees with her opinion about her mother’s cook. Then, they laugh together which it means the awkwardness of them has lessened. It makes Charlie
think they can speak more relax topic and then he uses PPS in line 13. Charlie asks Bella about her first day in school which it means him as a speaker S
intensifies his interest to Bella as the addressee or hearer H. In speech 17 Charlie states his opinion to Bella about Cullen family, about how lucky they are
to have the Cullens in their small town. It is quite different indeed with what Bella has heard before about the Cullens, however she does not confront it with her
father. Bella avoids disagreement and tries to satisfy Charlie’s positive face, i.e. a desire to be approved. It can be seen in line 18 where Bella uses PPS by saying
“okay”.
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SCENE 33: EXT. CHARLIES HOUSE CONTINUOUS ON BELLA’S FACE as she opens the door and stops, dismay filling her. It’s
pouring down rain -- the yard is full of puddles, some frozen. Bella shivers, wraps her coat tight.
1. BELLA: Great.
WHIP PAN to the driveway as Charlie pulls in - driving her truck.
2. BELLA: Dad, I can drive myself to school. NPS
