CHAPTER III : A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS IN “NEW MOON”
3.1 The Main Characters
3.1.1 Bella
Bella is the main character in New Moon. She is a perpetually clumsy “danger magnet” with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is often portrayed as having low self-
esteem and an immunity to supernatural abilities involves the mind. She moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington. After moving to Forks,
she attracts so much attention at her new school and befriended quickly by several students. Much to her dismay, several boys compete for shy her attention. She also likes
to drive her truck. She finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome vampire boy, Edward Cullen. Over time she falls in love. She does love Edward as
quoted bellow:
Aku menyandarkan kepalaku di bahunya dan mengembuskan napas bahagia. “Well, aku sedang
berpikir-pikir, karena sekarang masih hari ulang tahunku, aku ingin kau menciumku lagi”.
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When she is celebrating her birthday, she gets also a surprise from Edward’s family. She is very happy. At one time, she is falling into a deep depression when Edward leaves him
to Forks as quoted below: Cinta, hidup, makna… berakhir.
Aku berjalan dan berjalan. Waktu tak ada artinya lagi bagiku sementara aku berjalan pelan menembus semak
belukar. Berjam-jam telah berlalu, tapi rasanya baru beberapa detik. Mungkin waktu terasa membeku…
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After he goes, she becomes sad and looks hopelessly. But, a few moment later her old friend, Jacob can fills days of her with a happy and colorful. Infactly, Jacob is falling in
love with her. She regards Jacob just as a friend, not as lover as she loves Edward. She is very difficult to forget Edward’s loves. Not only Jacob who loves to him, but also Mike
loves to her since he knows her in their school. However, she can’t forget Edward. Her Days always content by shadow of Edward as quoted below:
Namanya menembus semua dinding yang ku bangun untuk menahannya. “Edward, Edward, Edward…. Aku
akan mati… Edward, Aku Cinta Padamu”. New Moon, 2009.144
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On the way life, she tries to look for the existences of Edward family. So that, other vampire like Laurent and Victoria try to kill her because the effect revenge death of their
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