to cry. (pg: 242) She can be mean or nice, she seems to be such a cold and restricted person when she's around other people, like she's scared of getting close to them. When Simon and Kerewin first meet and he has something in his foot, which makes him unable to walk:She remembers the strained walk, and looks more closely, andIn his heel, rammed deep, is something; and the little craterIn the sandal comes back to mind. She shuts her eyes and, all feeling in her fingertips, grazes her hand light as air over the protrusion. Already the flesh round it is hot."I suppose I can't expect you to walk away on that," (pg: 18)It's strange how at first she was mean to him and uncaring, then something about him hit her soft spot. When they first met, she said things like: "What are you doing here? Aside from climbing walls?" Of course Simon couldn't answer and she continued. "We'll bloody soon find out," saying it viciously, and reaching for a shoulder. It's such a drastic change from being vicious to being a kind person helping out a friend in need.Kerewin is the most difficult character in the novel The Bone People, to get a real feeling for. She's complicated, and has a strange relationship with Joe, Simon and her family. It's hard to understand her feelings towards each person in the novel. In the first couple of pages, Kerewin is by far the most dynamic in the book, and she has one major difference from the other two characters. Joe and Simon come across kind and gentle at first and then you begin to see their dark side. Whereas Kerewin comes across cold and stern and must be broken down to find the truth about her, her true feeling's and what she keeps locked up inside of her, out of reach from others....
