Do you think Bella Swan is a good role model for girls? Why or why not?

no she is a bad role model she is obsessed with edward she does not care about her family or her friend's she use people

I think Bella is not a good role model for girls anywhere in the world:she started indulging in adultery at a very young age of 15 or 16 which is still considered to be a child under law,she hid things from her father,she liked two guys at the same time,at times she was rude to her father and she was not that interested in making a career for herself.NO OFFENCE TO BELLA's fans but these are just truths and i m trying to answer this brilliant question put up by katekicksass,thats all!

I think for the most part Bella is a bad role model because the way she copes with Edward's leaving is not something girls should look up to. She became so "obsessed" for lack of a better word, well maybe reliant would work, with Edward that she didn't know how to live without him. She also endangered her life to hillusinate about him. I think girls need to know that they can be complete without having a boyfriend. Also most boys sadly aren't like Edward and with some of the people out there now you could get seriously hurt physically, mentally, and emotionaly if you put as much trust in them as Bella did with Edward at first. The whole idea is really sweet in the books but in real life stuff like that normally doesn't happen so girls need to find different ways to cope with their problems or resolve them, and need to not be super quick to trust a boy. Bella also sort of uses people around her and always keeps them in the dark about things. In her case that can be a good thing sometimes, but real girls probably won't end up in her situation with the whole vampire boyfriend thing. Also Bella can be slightly over dramatic and our generation is dramatic enough as it is! Being drastic or dramatic is not usually the answer. I do think that Bella could in someways be a good role model because for one, she didn't want to rush into marriage at an early age. There is alot of that now and I think Bella had a cercumstance where it made sense to get married young but most of us don't have that situation with the vampire boyfriend:( Lol. Anyway I don't think that getting married at like 19 is a great idea and neither did Bella. That could work against her however by someone saying she got married at 19 anyway. I do think she had good reason there though. Also even if Edward and his morals had a big part to do with it, Bella did keep her virginity until she was married. There are a lot of teenagers that don't and i think it is important for girls to see that you still can and should. Also once Bella finds out she is pregnant she fights to keep t alive. I think this is good because 1 I am very against abortion because it is basically murder and every baby has a purpose. Also it shows that by keeping the baby you are owning up to your actions and being responsible which is alsoa very impotant quality/lessn. Overall I think that Bella could go either way depending on how you look at it. Not many people are in her situation so she can be hard to think of as someone who is a role model. Oh one other thing that would support her good role model side is she reads alot and gets fairly good marks, and an education is very important! Anyway sorry this was pretty long but I had a lot to say:)

Not realistically.

She becomes obsessively in love with Edward after having known him for a few weeks. She ignores all of his warnings about how he could be dangerous to her, doesn't think of how risking her life that way would hurt her family and her friends, or the guilt Edward would have to suffer afterwards. She just falls into a depression after he leaves. Again, she'd known him for less than a year. She makes a life-changing, irreversible decision just so she can be with Edward. Her reasons against marriage basically boil down to "what will people think?". And she really irritates me when she thinks that 17, 18 and 19 are old!!