Liv-wa wrote:First off, I must say I can not find that maturity in Bella. I see her as very childlike, but this isn't her board so I'm not going to go of on her here. BUT ANYWAY...I don't see how his mind could be immature but his actions reflect the opposite. That whole concept is foreign to me. Are your actions not controlled by your mind?
Ugh! I can't edit so I have to post again. Wish I'd seen this before..
About you're first statement, I can agree to a certain extent[I think I said something about it?], Bella is child-like in a lot of ways, but I do happen to see maturity in her also. But again, save that for her board.
You have no idea how frustratin it is to realize that no one seems to understand what I'm saying. "I don't see how his mind could be immature but his actions reflect the opposite." It just goes back to what I said about how he first evaluates a situation then has to change his actions and the it doesn't match up. But like before, you could say all our minds our immature[they all could be, I don't know how you all think], but that's not quite what I mean, but apparantly, I'll never get it right.
Here's an example. Jake's initial reaction to Edward's newfound awe with being able to hear Nessie's thoughts was to run out and imprint on a girl to escape the pain of being alone and not having Bella. Justified? In a sense, yes.
***IMO*** it also shows the initial immature* action. After he goes through that scene[which I was really irritated about because I was PRAYING something would amount from it, other than more realization], he comes back and takes the more mature route of facing the problem and realizing he only has 3 more days left with Bella. I don't know if that example made sense, but I can hope.
*this is just to say that when I say "immature" it isn't the typical definition of immature because all of Stephenie's characters are waaaay more mature than other people. Because they're ficticious one would assume.