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kippurbirdPhenomenon Chapter Three
Bella wakes up the next morning. I almost put Stephanie. Still, Bella wakes up. A very exciting way to begin a chapter. "When I opened my eyes in the morning, something was different." Ooo exciting! The something different is that the water has turned to ice. She gets up. She gets dressed. She has cereal and orange juice for breakfast. She looks forward to going to school, "I knew I was eager to get to school because I would see Edward Cullen." She's talked to him once and she's smitten. Clearly smitten, and only for his looks. He hasn't show a spark of personality at all. The only thing we know about him is that he's pretty and doesn't eat. Also, he looked at Bella like he hated her. But that's not the way love works, does it?
When she leaves she nearly kills her self trying to walk across the ice. This is reasonable because if you live in sunny Phoenix Arizona, you aren't going to know how to deal with ice and snow.
To distract herself from the icy roads as she drives she tries to think about why all the guys seem to like her.
Here we have the classic Sue trait of not knowing that she's pretty. As for her crippling clumsiness, I haven't seen any of it. Just that she's bad with volleyball and that doesn't make you clumsy. Crippling clumsiness would be walking into things all the time, dropping things, tripping over every little thing. This is a false flaw, given to her to make her seem more human and sympathetic. Notice how she sees Eric and Mike's attentions unwanted but if it were Edward, she'd be happy for it.
When she gets to school, she parks and notices that her dad put chains on her wheels.
Not used to being taken care of? What? Did she have to go to the airport by herself? Did her mom not email her worried sick? And now that I think about it, why doesn't anyone have cell phones? They have email, but no cell phones. But I digress. It looks like she's going to have an emotional breakdown because of her dad putting chains on her truck, something that's completely out of character for her. Her normal response is "Why would he do that, didn't he think she could do it herself"? Of course if he hadn't done it, then it would have been, "Why wasn't he there to help her, what sort of father was he?" Theoretically, Charlie can't win.
Before she can get too emotional a van tries to run her over. I mean a van slides out of control and would have squished her except Edward saves her. Edward was four cars away and he managed to get to her in time and then move the van out of the way, making hand prints in the van while he's at it. No one will remember this except Bella. I'm certain of it.
Edward tries to convince Bella that he had been standing next to her the entire time. I think he's trying to mind-whammy her but it's not working. We can tell he's trying to mind whammy her because he gets serious and his gold eyes are all blazy and things like that. Bella, beingthick headed and brainless special, is unaffected much to Edward's frustration.
The EMTs soon arrive and take Bella off to the hospital with a neck brace. She almost dies of humiliation because of the brace. Not really sure why she's humiliated about having to go to the hospital in a gurney with a neck brace. It's not like she did something incredibly stupid, say smashing your finger on the toilet seat cover while trying to pet the cat and spraining it, she just survived a terrible and potentially deadly accident. She's not even worried for Tyler, the driver. Instead it's all about her, about how her dad has shown up and not letting her get out of the gurney. About how they get a police escort to the hospital. And how Edward doesn't have to ride in back of the ambulance.
Inside the hospital Tyler is placed next to her and he begins a litany of "I'm sorry". Her interest in his health and well being is only empty gestures. Instead she tells us that "I was
trapped in the ER, waiting, harassed by Tyler's constant apologies and promises to make it up to me. No matter how many times I tried to convince him I was fine, he continued to torment himself. Finally, I closed my eyes and ignored him. He kept up a remorseful mumbling." She's being harassed by Tyler apologizing for almost killing her. She doesn't care about how he feels it's all about her, and how she's getting annoyed at what he says. She doesn't even try to steer the conversation away and ask how he's doing. She just ignores him.
Are you feeling sorry for her yet?
I know I am.
Sorry that she didn't get more seriously injured in the car crash.
Anywhoot, three guesses on the doctor who checks Bella out and the first two don't count.
Doctor Cullen, our Surgeon, "Then a doctor walked around the corner, and my mouth fell open. He was young, he was blond… and he was handsomer than any movie star I'd ever seen. He was pale, though, and tired-looking, with circles under his eyes. From Charlie's description, this had to be Edward's father." I would think model would be more appropriate here than movie star because not all movie stars are handsome. But I suppose that's a minor nit-pick.
The surgeon (for what we don't know) pronounces her a-okay partner and says she can leave. Edward is there with his daddy and she wants to talk to him about how come he started four cars away and ended up able to rescue her. He doesn't want to. They part ways, Edward not knowing why he rescued her.
When Bella finds out that her dad called her mother, she's furious.
Her dad is APOLOGIZING for letting her mother know that she might have been seriously injured. Dad has all the spine of a jellyfish. She's upset about the inconvenience this entire thing has caused her, not at all caring about the effect it's had on others. It's all about her and her problems. And the fact that she never seems to give a second thought about things makes her rather unsympathetic to me.
The chapter ends with her sleeping and dreaming of Edward.
Bella wakes up the next morning. I almost put Stephanie. Still, Bella wakes up. A very exciting way to begin a chapter. "When I opened my eyes in the morning, something was different." Ooo exciting! The something different is that the water has turned to ice. She gets up. She gets dressed. She has cereal and orange juice for breakfast. She looks forward to going to school, "I knew I was eager to get to school because I would see Edward Cullen." She's talked to him once and she's smitten. Clearly smitten, and only for his looks. He hasn't show a spark of personality at all. The only thing we know about him is that he's pretty and doesn't eat. Also, he looked at Bella like he hated her. But that's not the way love works, does it?
When she leaves she nearly kills her self trying to walk across the ice. This is reasonable because if you live in sunny Phoenix Arizona, you aren't going to know how to deal with ice and snow.
To distract herself from the icy roads as she drives she tries to think about why all the guys seem to like her.
Driving to school, I distracted myself from my fear of falling and my
unwanted speculations about Edward Cullen by thinking about Mike and
Eric, and the obvious difference in how teenage boys responded to me
here. I was sure I looked exactly the same as I had in Phoenix. Maybe it
was just that the boys back home had watched me pass slowly through all
the awkward phases of adolescence and still thought of me that way.
Perhaps it was because I was a novelty here, where novelties were few and
far between. Possibly my crippling clumsiness was seen as endearing
rather than pathetic, casting me as a damsel in distress. Whatever the
reason, Mike's puppy dog behavior and Eric's apparent rivalry with him
were disconcerting. I wasn't sure if I didn't prefer being ignored.
Here we have the classic Sue trait of not knowing that she's pretty. As for her crippling clumsiness, I haven't seen any of it. Just that she's bad with volleyball and that doesn't make you clumsy. Crippling clumsiness would be walking into things all the time, dropping things, tripping over every little thing. This is a false flaw, given to her to make her seem more human and sympathetic. Notice how she sees Eric and Mike's attentions unwanted but if it were Edward, she'd be happy for it.
When she gets to school, she parks and notices that her dad put chains on her wheels.
When I got out of my truck at school, I saw why I'd had so little
trouble. Something silver caught my eye, and I walked to the back of the
truck — carefully holding the side for support — to examine my tires.
There were thin chains crisscrossed in diamond shapes around them.
Charlie had gotten up who knows how early to put snow chains on my truck.
My throat suddenly felt tight. I wasn't used to being taken care of, and
Charlie's unspoken concern caught me by surprise.
I was standing by the back corner of the truck, struggling to fight back
the sudden wave of emotion the snow chains had brought on, when I heard
an odd sound.
Not used to being taken care of? What? Did she have to go to the airport by herself? Did her mom not email her worried sick? And now that I think about it, why doesn't anyone have cell phones? They have email, but no cell phones. But I digress. It looks like she's going to have an emotional breakdown because of her dad putting chains on her truck, something that's completely out of character for her. Her normal response is "Why would he do that, didn't he think she could do it herself"? Of course if he hadn't done it, then it would have been, "Why wasn't he there to help her, what sort of father was he?" Theoretically, Charlie can't win.
Before she can get too emotional a van tries to run her over. I mean a van slides out of control and would have squished her except Edward saves her. Edward was four cars away and he managed to get to her in time and then move the van out of the way, making hand prints in the van while he's at it. No one will remember this except Bella. I'm certain of it.
Edward tries to convince Bella that he had been standing next to her the entire time. I think he's trying to mind-whammy her but it's not working. We can tell he's trying to mind whammy her because he gets serious and his gold eyes are all blazy and things like that. Bella, being
The EMTs soon arrive and take Bella off to the hospital with a neck brace. She almost dies of humiliation because of the brace. Not really sure why she's humiliated about having to go to the hospital in a gurney with a neck brace. It's not like she did something incredibly stupid, say smashing your finger on the toilet seat cover while trying to pet the cat and spraining it, she just survived a terrible and potentially deadly accident. She's not even worried for Tyler, the driver. Instead it's all about her, about how her dad has shown up and not letting her get out of the gurney. About how they get a police escort to the hospital. And how Edward doesn't have to ride in back of the ambulance.
Inside the hospital Tyler is placed next to her and he begins a litany of "I'm sorry". Her interest in his health and well being is only empty gestures. Instead she tells us that "I was
trapped in the ER, waiting, harassed by Tyler's constant apologies and promises to make it up to me. No matter how many times I tried to convince him I was fine, he continued to torment himself. Finally, I closed my eyes and ignored him. He kept up a remorseful mumbling." She's being harassed by Tyler apologizing for almost killing her. She doesn't care about how he feels it's all about her, and how she's getting annoyed at what he says. She doesn't even try to steer the conversation away and ask how he's doing. She just ignores him.
Are you feeling sorry for her yet?
I know I am.
Sorry that she didn't get more seriously injured in the car crash.
Anywhoot, three guesses on the doctor who checks Bella out and the first two don't count.
Doctor Cullen, our Surgeon, "Then a doctor walked around the corner, and my mouth fell open. He was young, he was blond… and he was handsomer than any movie star I'd ever seen. He was pale, though, and tired-looking, with circles under his eyes. From Charlie's description, this had to be Edward's father." I would think model would be more appropriate here than movie star because not all movie stars are handsome. But I suppose that's a minor nit-pick.
The surgeon (for what we don't know) pronounces her a-okay partner and says she can leave. Edward is there with his daddy and she wants to talk to him about how come he started four cars away and ended up able to rescue her. He doesn't want to. They part ways, Edward not knowing why he rescued her.
When Bella finds out that her dad called her mother, she's furious.
We drove in silence. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I barely knew Charlie was there. I was positive that Edward's defensive behavior in the hall was a confirmation of the bizarre things I still could hardly believe I'd witnessed.
When we got to the house, Charlie finally spoke.
"Um… you'll need to call Renée." He hung his head, guilty.
I was appalled. "You told Mom!"
"Sorry."
I slammed the cruiser's door a little harder than necessary on my way out.
My mom was in hysterics, of course. I had to tell her I felt fine at
least thirty times before she would calm down.
Her dad is APOLOGIZING for letting her mother know that she might have been seriously injured. Dad has all the spine of a jellyfish. She's upset about the inconvenience this entire thing has caused her, not at all caring about the effect it's had on others. It's all about her and her problems. And the fact that she never seems to give a second thought about things makes her rather unsympathetic to me.
The chapter ends with her sleeping and dreaming of Edward.
