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Elena Gilbert:
Her age doesn’t say in the book, but she is a senior on high school, so I think she’s 17 or 18… She is the kind of girl that everyone is jealous of, because she has everything! … Or at least she has the beauty and the social status, and of course all the boys that always follow her, and watch her every step. Even though everyone at schools sees her happy face that she shows, she isn’t really happy on the inside, there’s something that’s bothering her, which makes her life kind of sorry. But she can’t point a finger at it, it’s just there. But even though she is the high school queen, and have most influence in school, there’s an insecure part inside her as well, which shows from time to time. For instance, when she tried to talk to Stefan for the first time, and he kind of rejected her, you could almost feel how insecure she became, and how sad she felt because he wouldn’t talk to her. And she blamed herself for that, without reason. Elena is a complex person, and I think it has something to do with her loss of her parents 3 years ago. Even though she has her loving aunt Judith who takes care of Elena and her younger sister Meredith, there’s something missing in Elena’s life. And when she meets Stefan for the first time, it’s almost like she feels that a part of her is falling into place again. In the first chapter of the book, you get the impression that she’s a blonde bitch that always gets what she wants no matter what. But that impression changes after having read 3-4 chapters. Then you see how insecure, and almost shy, she really is. I think that she seems like a really nice person that cares about her friends and family more than her own life.