The selection I chose was "New Moon".
In the third chapter of this selection Edward tells Bella that Alice has gone
away with Jasper. Bella feels guilty for pushing Alice and Jasper out of their
own home for her safety. As she comes home from working, she finds Edward
waiting at her house. He is completely unresponsive to her and she realizes
that some type of change is near. A few days pass with no change in Edward’s
behavior, so Bella decides to have a stern talk with him. Edward beats her to
the punch and he asks her to go for a walk in the woods. Edward tells Bella
that he and his family are leaving without her which devastates Bella. He
explains to her why he has to leave but Bella protests. While Bella struggles
to take in his words, Edward’s face is stern in his decision. He promises to
disappear as if he’d never existed and that in time she will soon forget him.
He bids her good-bye and leaves her alone in the forest. Bella is shell-shocked
so she begins to stumble blindly through the forest looking for him. As night
falls, she notices that the sky it utterly black. Sam Uley, a young man from
the La Push Indian reservation, finds Bella and carries her home. He’s part of
a search party put together by Charlie and his old friend Billy. In half-sleep,
Bella overhears Charlie saying that there are bonfires at La Push, celebrating
some kind of event. We gather that the Quileute are happy about the departure
of the Cullens. Bella descends into unconsciousness. My reaction to reading this
selection was surprised at how easily Edward could just give her up. The
author’s intent was twisting the story into the first climax of the story,
Edward’s departure. Some patterns of organization I observed were cause and
effect.
