32 human, she will lose her soul. Edward is so in love with Bella that he would rather
be dead than live in a world without her. In my opinion, Edward is describe too perfect and has no flaws either. I
think even vampires should have flaws besides wanting to suck human blood because its natural to them.
4.1.2 Bella Swan
Bella swan is a protagonist in this novel. Bella is described in the novels as being very pale with brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, and a heart-shaped face.
Beyond this, a detailed description of her appearance is never given in the novel. She described as very fair-skinned, with long, straight, dark brown hair and
chocolate brown eyes. Her face is heart-shaped—a wide forehead with a widows peak, large, wide-spaced eyes, prominent cheekbones, and then a thin nose and a
narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her lips are a little out of proportion, a bit too full for her jaw line. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and straighter than they are
arched “ I was ivory-skinned, without even the excuse of blue eyes
or red hair, despite the constant sunshine. I had always been slender, but somehow, obviously not an athlete; I didn’t have
the necessary hand-eye coordination to play sport without humiliating myself-and harming both myself and anyone else
who stood too close.”
My skin could be pretty- it was very clear, almost translucent- looking- but it all depended on color. I had no color. Meyer, P:7
Bella isnt really exceptional in any way. Shes not an Olympic-caliber athlete in
fact, shes quite uncoordinated, shes not a genius although she seems to do well
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most people – absolutely ordinary. I think some of its because Bella is an everygirl. She doesnt always have
to be cool, or wear the coolest clothes ever. Shes normal. And there arent a lot of girls in literature that are normal. Another thing is that Bellas a good girl, which
is just sort of how the author imagine teenagers, because thats how every teenage year was. Bella Swan is also definitely not the materialistic type. She can have
anything she wants and yet she wants nothing – nothing that is, except for her vampire boyfriend Edward. She could care less about the luxurious life Edward
can offer her. She refuses to let him buy her expensive gifts or to replace her banged up old truck with one of his slinky fast cars. In fact, she barely tolerates
him – or anyone - buying her anything at all. She has a private mind, which is thought to be why Edward is unable to
hear her thoughts. She is also said to a terrible liar, but occasionally demonstrates good acting ability. Bella becomes faint when she smells blood.
I couldn’t remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes. I didn’t try
to keep up. We sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. I forgot all their
names as soon as she spoke them. p:11 I put my cheek black tabletop and tried to hold on my
consciousness. All around me I could hear squeals, complaints, and giggles as my classmates skewered their fingers, I breathed
out slowly in and out through my mouth.p:50
Bella is not good to relate with other persons like her friends, teacher, even her mother the person who she closer to than anyone else. She always thinks through
her eyes and mined everything that her see just based on what she thinks. Bella is
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from most people. Even her mother, who is her best friend, feels somehow on a different plane. She and her father are alike in their reticence and appreciation of
privacy, yet even with him Bella does not feel fully connected—although their dispositions are similar, their interests are not.
Bella has low self-esteem and can’t believe that anyone as remarkable as Edward would ever be interested in her. She has no idea of her own appeal or
beauty and how many guys want to be with her. She is easily embarrassed, blushing often, and hates being the centre of attention.
I didn’t relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn’t relate well to people, period. Even my mother,
who I was closer to than anyone else on the planet, was never in harmony with me, never on exactly the same
pages. Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same thing through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing
through theirs. p:7
This passage emphasizes how disjointed from the world Bella feels until she meets Edward. He shows her that there is some kind of glitch in her brain that
makes her different—this is how he explains not being able to read her mind. He also provides for her the comfort of feeling completely in sync with someone else.
These are common feelings for people Bellas age, feeling clumsy and out of place, yet feeling deeply close to one or a few others who also seem or feel
uniquely unsuited to the regular world. This helps to explain why she is willing to give up everyone and everything to become a vampire so that she can be with
Edward forever. She does not feel fully connected to the rest of the world, only to
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so she believes. She is selfless and she shows it by never thinking of herself and always
worrying about others. She doesnt care if she dies just as long as the people she loved was safe. She risked her life going to save her mom when James tricked her
into coming. She wanted to stop bothering the Cullens even though it was no bother to them because they were vampires and was in a less dangerous situation
than she was. She is clumsy. This is the most obvious trait of hers. She always falls and
hurts herself accidentally or get into dangerous situations daily. She attracts dangers and accidents. And that is how she meets Edward. Edward is attracted to
her scent and cant stand being away from her. And he is also afraid if he is away from her. She will die since danger is so close to her.
“I thought you were always right.” “I used to be.” He shook his head again. “I was wrong about
you on one other thing, as well. You’re not a magnet for accident- that’s not a broad enough classification. You’re
a magnet for trouble. If there is anything dangerous within a ten-mile radius, it will invariably find you. Meyer, p:88
She’s responsible, more than any of us could say, and even if she has no confidence in herself she somehow manages herself to be true and sure about what
is right for her, about what she wants and needs, that is Edward. Bella is too in love with Edward.
“And I knew in that I had my answer. I didn’t know if there ever was a choice, really. I was already in too deep. Now
that I knew—if I knew—I could do nothing about my frightening secret. Because when I thought of him, of his
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I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now.” Meyer, p:72
Bella makes the decision that vampire or not, monster or not, she is not going to let the circumstances keep her from Edward. Unlike Carlisle, who can
mentally overcome his strongest instincts, Bella cannot overcome her attraction to Edward, no matter how unnatural or dangerous. The power of this attraction is
clear in the way she describes him—she uses the words hypnotic and magnetic to describe his eyes, his personality, expressing that the power is
strong enough for her self-control to become irrelevant. Notably, she suggests that there never was really a choice—she has given in so completely to her desires that
she cannot even see an alternative. I think in this novel Bella has no personality and any loser can put
themselves in her shoes. Bella is so plain person. She can’t do anything without Edward. The truth that her father always leaves her alone and doesnt question her
anything and the real parents arent that way. Because of that Bella teaches women to let the man handle everything, which pretty much is a huge step backward for
women everywhere, who have fought for equality.
4.1.3 Jacob Black
