Outside Reading Assignment #7

I read another chapter in New Moon by Stephanie Mater (pg. 159-181)

" I'd come full circle, and now everything felt like an echo-an empty echo, devoid of the interest it used to have" (Meyer 167). This quote shows how Bella's life is turning out to be just like last year when she first came to Forks.
In this chapter Bella spends a lot of time at Jacob's while he is finishing the bikes, but she also has other things going in in her life. At work she talks with Mike a lot and he begins to like her again just like he did last year, but also like last year, Bella likes someone else. Instead of Edward, this year it is Jacob. Bella and Mike decide to just be friends. As Bella thinks about how her life right now is very similar to last year, she decides to go to Edward's house. When she gets their it is completely abandoned and she can't stand to even go inside of it. Later in the week, Jake finishes the bikes and the two set out to practice riding them. On their way to go practice, they notice four guys jumping off of a cliff. Bella freaks out, but Jake tells her that they are just cliff diving and that people do it all of the time, but Jake seems a little mad after this incident. Bella asks him what is wrong. He finally tells her how one of the guys that was on the cliff, named Sam, is the leader of this group in La Push. Jake doesn't like this group and they keep bothering him and treating him differently. He also mentions how his friend Embry had missed school for a couple of weeks and now he is back and he is hanging out with Sam's group and refuses to talk to Jacob. The two know there is something strange going on, but can't figure it out.
The quote is completely true. Last year Bella was new and Mike was the only one that would talk with her. Mike really liked Bella, but she turned him down for Edward. Also she found Edward and fell in love with him. If you think about, it is almost exactly like what is going on now. Mike is the only one that talks to Bella. Mike still likes Bella, but she turns him down for someone else. That someone else would be Jacob, who she is beginning to REALLY like.