6: Twilight 1-50

"One of the best things about Charlie is he doesn't hover. He left me alone to unpack and get settled, a feat that would have been altogether impossible for my mother. It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape. I wasn't in the mood to go on a real crying jag. I would save that for bedtime, when I would have to think about the coming morning," ( Meyer 9).

This paragraph lets us know more about Bella's personality. I think that she is kind of mad at her mom for going off with her boyfriend and sending her to a foreign place to live with her dad. Bella knows that she has to get used to this lifestyle, so doesn't make a big scene and rant about it a lot. All she wants to do is be alone, so she can get her thoughts straight and let her tears out, because she knows she is going to have to move on. "It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape." Her time alone allows Bella to just be herself and not be someone else, so she can sort out her thoughts and get situated again without having to impress anyone. Bella is also starting to accept her dad, whom she hasn't seen for a long time, and she is realizing his good qualities, the qualities he has that her mom does not have. "One of the best things about Charlie is he doesn't hover." She likes to have her alone time, and with her mom she never got that kind of time all to herself. Bella is starting to appreciate that her father is sympathetic to her situation. I think she also feels like her mom has abandoned her, although she wants what is best for her mom, so does not completely feel like her decision to send her away was entirely awful. Bella knows that she is just going to have to deal with her situation and get used to a new environment and move on because sweating about it for a long time will never help anything.