Sharbelle Torres Character Traits

Hidden: The Secretive Side of Sharbelle Torres

To be honest, everyone shows and has shown different sides of themselves towards different people. When people are around old relatives or parents, they tend to be in their best behaviours and pay extra attention towards the actions and words that they use around them, showcasing the best side(s) of themselves. Then when they are out with friends or a group of people they feel comfortable with, a more outgoing or fun side is shown that sometimes gets them in hot water due to their word choice or actions. So why is it that people show different sides of themselves depending on the people that they are with in that moment? Well a certain girl named Sharbelle Torres, is also guilty of this act. Many would describe Sharbelle as someone who is calm or well-behaved and does what is expected of her, when it is expected to be done. Her friends on the other hand would describe her as someone who is both careful and outgoing (weird right, those two qualities do not go together). Unfortunately, Sharbelle has a hidden side that she does not show or talk about very often to others. Secretive is a trait that best concludes Sharbelle’s colourful,
cultured and inquisitive nature.

Sharbelle’s colourful nature results to her secretive trait. Typically teenagers tend to be picky on what they like and do not like, as for Sharbelle she has very colourful choices regarding her interests. Sharbelle enjoys listening and dancing to music, but mainly to Kpop or Korean-Pop music rather than the usual genres of music since she is much more fond of it. Not only is her choices colourful, but she also posses a very colourful story overall. Three months after she was born, Sharbelle was left in the care of her grandparents from her father side in the Philippines. Her mother and father had to leave for Dubai for work for who knows how long. During Sharbelle’s early stages of life, she was very prone to sickness and her grandparents lived quite far from the city and was not able to support her financially. So, Sharbelle was given to her other grandparents to be taken care of. As Sharbelle grow older, she only saw her parents whenever they came back to the Philippines and those moments would come very rarely and it would last for what seems like a few seconds. Luckily, Sharbelle had many people around her that stood as her parents, mentors, friends, and mostly family. Even with a past like this, Sharbelle cherishes everything and everyone, especially her grandparents. Therefore it can be concluded that Sharbelle’s colourful nature is what makes Sharbelle Torres a person that is secretive as she wants to preserve everything in her heart and memory.

Not many know about Sharbelle’s cultured nature as it is part of her secretive trait. Sharbelle spent many of early childhood years in the Philippines causing her to acquire mostly Filipino attitudes, customs and beliefs. Even to this day, Sharbelle is still in contact with her Filipino culture. Back in the Philippines, Sharbelle learned that elders or anyone with a higher authority must be respected for they know better and that is why she is very humble and also somewhat fearful towards people who are older or with higher authority. All through her life, Sharbelle has been taught that God is Almighty and He must be feared, so Sharbelle has always acknowledged God and His capabilities. Her helpful attitude is also something that she learned when she was very young as she was taught that lending a helping hand is one of the nicest things that can be given or offered to someone, that is why she feels very guilty if she is unable or decided to not help somebody. Lastly, Sharbelle has learned how to deal with her emotions and feelings, so she is not always truthful about her emotions or feelings when others ask her about them. When Sharbelle feels lonely or sad, she would rather be alone lost in her thoughts rather than talking to someone about it, that is why Sharbelle always tries to keep a smile on her face so that others may not notice anything different. To sum it all up, Sharbelle Torres has a cultured nature that will never change which allows her to be secretive.

Having an inquisitive nature is another factor that makes Sharbelle have a secretive trait. Spending time with herself is very important to Sharbelle, as it allows her to reflect on the past, present and future, or simply just think to herself. One of Sharbelle’s many habits is asking herself questions and then coming up with various answers to answer it. Sometimes, Sharbelle would wonder why a certain character in a movie or book acts or behaves a certain way, and then she would come up with various background stories on what could have caused a character to be this way, of course disregarding the facts that had been presented or even caring to find out why by further investigating the book or movie, instead she thinks to herself and finds an answer she is satisfied with and goes with it. In other times, Sharbelle finds herself curious of what would it had been like to have a “normal” childhood, living with her parents, healthy and active, and going on family trips every so often to spend quality time with them. Yet, Sharbelle is not regretful of her childhood as she gained her inquisitive nature from it, which reflects her secretive trait.

Through her colourful, cultured and inquisitive nature Sharbelle Torres is to be concluded in having a secretive trait hidden within her.
She may not show it to many, but her personal experiences has shaped her to be the person she is today. To others, she is quiet, cheerful, and a hard-working person. She shows a different side of her because her story is very personal and she treasuries it the most. So, to answer the question previously stated in the beginning , people show different sides of themselves to different people because each person retains sides that they could not show to others as it may be for the better or the worse. Who would not like to impress others by showing the best sides of themselves anyways? Therefore, people only show the sides that they want others to
remember.