Week of 9/9/19
In the first installment of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga we are introduced to the main characters Bella being a human and Edward being a vampire. We experience the development of their relationship throughout the book. Their first encounter is when Bella walks into class and once their eyes meet on that first day of school there is an almost chemical reaction between them. Edward seems repulse by her but also cannot keep his eyes off. This causes her to think something is wrong with her but as days go by she experiences things, involving Edward, that are unexplainable. Situations like when Edward saves her from being smashed by a van in the school parking lot seeming to appear out of nowhere. This is the part in their relationship where Bella starts asking questions but instead of answering Edward just brushes them off. Instead of leaving the odd encounter alone like other girls in this situation might do she becomes intrigued and starts investigating. Once Bella finally discovers that Edward is vampire and though he tries to show her that he is a monster and dangerous for her to be around it does not sway her. Nothing he says or does will change that because she sees his immortality as a gift rather than a curse. They have literal curve balls thrown at them but it does not detour them form staying together.
After years of hearing the stories of vampires such as Nosferatu I think as humans the story line
started to become a bit boring and too stereotypical. The whole hideous creature who dwelled in a gloomy castle became
a bad reminder of all the real monsters in today’s world. I think when people
pick up a book today they want to connect with the characters and be able to relate
to them in some way. So, the story of the vampire changed and vampires like
Edward became more humanized and appealing to their audience.
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