Outside Reding Blog #4

As the book continues we learn more about the characters' struggles. We learn that Edward has been struggling with the question of whether or not he is strong enough to not attack Bella. We find this out when Edward says, "But this afternoon, I was still … undecided. I am sorry about that, it was unforgivable for me to behave so"(301). But Edward did decide and when he did, he learned that he was stronger than he had given himself credit for.
Another person who struggles is Billy Black. He is a leader on the reservation. He knows that Edward and his family are vampires and he is struggling to decide whether he should tell Bella's dad what Edward is or not. On the one hand he wants Bella to be safe, he does not want her dad to get hurt but on the other he knows that will brake the treaty and that Bella's dad will not believe him anyway and will just become mad. He finally decided that he will leave the choice to Bella because she knows more than he suspected and because he does not want to ruin his friendship with Bella's dad.