Analysis Of The Book Twilight By Stephenie Meyer Essay

Pg.1 CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION ‘Twilight’, Stephenie Meyer’s debut novel, states the story of Isabella â€Å"Bella† Swan, a gawky seventeen-year old girl who falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. Though Edward is deeply in love with Bella he battles his natural instinct to kill her. As a vampire he is hard-wired to think Bella and other humans as his prey. Stephenie Meyer got her idea for the book from a dream she had about a girl and her vampire lover having a conversation while sitting in a meadow. Meyer recalls in her interview â€Å"I was so intrigued by the nameless couple’s story that I hated the idea of forgetting it (also the vampire was just so darned good-looking that I didn’t want to lose the mental image). I put everything that I possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write--something I hadn’t done in so long.† This novel contains some recurring motifs that have been popular in story telling over time--this includes â€Å"forbidden love† and â€Å"beauty and the beast†. Forbidden love based on many famous tales are Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’. Similarly, we often see tales of women falling in love with beastly or monstrous men. Example is the fairytale of â€Å"Beauty and the Beast†, elements of this story line also appears in Charlotte Bronte’s â€Å"Jane Eyre† and Emily Bronte’s â€Å"Wuthering Heights†. Twilight is a forbidden love story. This is becauseShow MoreRelatedThe Stereotypical Gender Ring : Bella Swan s Indifference Vs. Rosalie Hale s Proactivity932 Words   |  4 PagesCulture Research Proposal and Thesis October 5, 2015 Entering the Stereotypical Gender Ring: Bella Swan’s Passivity vs. Rosalie Hale’s Proactivity For my research project I have decided to choose a character from a popular book series, Twilight which was written by Stephenie Meyer. The forbidden love story between a plain human girl and a gorgeous vampire boy sparked the hearts of millions, but the singular character I’m conducting my research on is Rosalie Hale. While Bella Swan, the main characterRead MoreReview Of The Lady With The Toy Dog 1134 Words   |  5 Pages The thought that a fictitious movie like Twilight is actually affecting women seems almost bizarre. You may wonder how it’s even possible that we can be so easily influenced by what some consider an â€Å"aimless series of vampire books†. However, it’s a proven fact that our brains react to fiction tales and they can indeed impact us in ways we could only imagine. A study was done in 2009 at the University of Toronto in Canada testing the hypothesis that art can cause significant changes in the experienceRead MoreEssay on Nicholas Sparks; The Author of Romance1967 Words   |  8 Pagesfrom being a relative unknown to being a writer with a book deal and $1 million movie rights contract (Bio Channel). Once again, though, Sparks triumph gave way to devastation when his father was killed at the age of 54 in an automobile accident.. The book, later titled Message in a Bottle, was inspired by his parents relationship. Skeptical that hed really made it as a writer, Sparks continued to sell pharmaceuticals while he wrote the book. He finally retired from sales in February 1997, whenRead MoreResearch on Time Management3882 Words   |  16 Pagesmay be aided by a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to  manage  time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. This set encompasses a wide scope of activities, and these include pla nning,  allocating,  setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent,  monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing. Initially, time management referred to just business or work activities, but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities as well. A time management system is a