Rachel and Rebecca. He lives with his father, Billy Black. He has imprinted on Renesmee Cullen.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Jacob Black was born in La Push, Washington. He grew up with his father, Billy; his mother, Sarah; and his older twin sisters, Rachel and Rebecca. Jacob‘s best friends throughout his childhood and adolescence were Embry Call and Quil Ateara V. All three attended school on the La Push reservation.
When Jacob was nine, his mother was killed in a car accident on the highway between La Push and Forks. This loss was hard on Jacob, but he recovered better than his sisters did, thanks in part to his sisters filling the role of mother for him as much as they were able. When his father became wheelchair-bound due to complications from diabetes, Jacob became Billy‘s legs. He did not resent taking care of his father; in fact, Jacob enjoyed spending so much time with him.
Jacob looked up to Billy and thought he was a great dad, his only real flaw being his superstitious beliefs. Billy constantly tried to indoctrinate Jacob in the traditions and histories of the tribe, but Jacob stopped listening at an early age.
Jacob and his father were on their own as soon as Jacob‘s sisters were out of high school.
Both Rachel and Rebecca had a difficult time living in the place where their mother had lived; it made them miss her even more. Rebecca married a Samoan surfer right out of high school, and traveled with him around the world to his many competitions. Rachel went to Washington State University and worked through her breaks and holidays.
Jacob noticed the change in his father when the Cullens moved to Forks, but he didn‘t understand it. He found his father‘s aversion to the new doctor very embarrassing, and the increased emphasis on the Quileute traditions annoying. After a while, he began tuning out most of what his father said.
?I think being a teenager is such a compelling time period in your life — it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating memories. It‘s a fascinating place: old enough to feel truly adult, old enough to make decisions that affect the rest ofyour life, old enough to fall in love, yet, at the same time too young (in most cases) to be freeto make a lot of those decisions without someone else‘s approval. There‘s a lot of scope fora novel in that.? —Stephenie
?THE BLACKS‘ HOUSE WAS VAGUELY FAMILIAR, A SMALL WOODEN
PLACE WITH NARROW WINDOWS, THE DULL RED PAINT MAKING IT
RESEMBLE A TINY BARN.?
— Bella (
Jacob was the fifth person to join the current crop of werewolves. Genetically, he was the rightful Alpha. However, he did not assume that title until later, when he formed a separate pack from Sam‘s. He continued to live with only his father until his sister Rachel returned home and was imprinted on by Paul Lahote.
FAMOUS QUOTES
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