Blog #1 for Twilight

After reading the beginning of the book, the one thing that sticks out to me is how much of a self-centered downer Bella is. First of all, when she gets into town, she can barely squeeze out a 'hi' and a nice smile for her dad. I do not care who you are in the car with and what your history is with them, one must be able to do more than what Bella did, especially because it is her dad who she hadn't seen for a long time and she is going to be living with him for the school year. Second of all, her dad, who is nice enough to pick her up from the airport and let her live at his house for the school year, also surprises her with a car! I feel that Bella should been slapped and have had the car taken away because with her 'enthusiasm', she could have made a person with the highest self-esteem feel bad. Also, she has nice people throwing themselves out to be nice to her, especially the girls dream of Edward Cullen. With the tone of this book, I can just see this self-centered downer not cracking a smile and looking not one bit grateful for all of the things she needs to be grateful for. This may just be me seeing how popular this book is, but it is the one thing that stuck out to me when reading the beginning of the novel, Twilight.