breaking dawn renesmee cullen
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
Stephanie Meyers was a Mormon mom, living in Arizona who had an idea for a supernatural romance tale, that became a part of the world's reference. "Twilight" involves an angsty teenage girl named Bella, who moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father (her mother, and her mother's new husband Phil, a minor league baseball player are off to spring training). Her taciturn father Charlie is the Chief of Police and the first book chronicled the strange deaths in the dark and dreary town. Bella's a novelty at her new school (it's March of her junior year) and she catches the eye of a couple of the school's boys, but it's the eerily fascinating Edward Cullen who she finds irresistible. She also becomes reacquainted with her father's best friend Billy Black and his son, Jacob, who are Quilluete Indians who live in a neighboring reservation. Jacob's also obviously smitten with Bella, but it was actually Jacob's older sisters who were closer to Bella's age, who were her childhood playmates.
Bella soon discovers that the attraction she feels for Edward is mutual, but he keeps her at a distance, runs (figuratively) hot and cold and exhibits unusual prowess (he saves her life from a runaway van, his eyes change color and his skin is scary cold). As nearly everyone knows by now, Edward is a non-human blood-drinking vampire who lives with his adopted vampire family, the Cullens (who include Dr. Carlise, his wife Esme and his "brothers & sisters" Emmett and Rosalie, Alice and Jasper). Unfortunately, a trio of nomadic "traditional" vampires wander into the Cullen/Olympic coven territory and one, James sets his killer sights on Bella. Eventually, the first novel ends with a traumatized and injured Bella determined to have Edward "turn her," as James' mate, Victoria, plans her revenge.
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Meyers created a new mythology for her vampires, which do not burn in sunlight, but "sparkle" like glittery gorgeous creatures. The Cullens call themselves "vegetarian" vamps, meaning they only feed on the blood of animals, not humans. They don't have "fangs." The ideas fueled the fancies of readers, who seemed to overlook the repetitious tediousness of first-person narrator Bella's incessant commentary on how gorgeous Edward is, with clichéd descriptions of his eyes on seemingly every page.
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
In the second novel, "New Moon," Jacob is revealed to be a shape-shifting werewolf (certain tribe members carry a gene to protect their res from vampires), and a "noble" Edward determines he's endangering Bella's life and leaves without a forwarding address. "New Moon" is filled with a wailing, mournful Bella who finds friendship and solace in Jacob (the best part of the second novel are the Native American stories). When Edward mistakenly believes Bella has died, he ventures to Italy to have the Vampire world's leaders, the frightening and unforgiving Volturi, dispatch him since he realizes he cannot live without her. In this book, Bella is the empowered savior of her vampire beau and reveals powers that the mighty Volturi cannot even breach.
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The third novel "Eclipse" finds Edward and Bella negotiating the terms of their relationship. She wants to be turned, he won't until she marries him (he's old fashioned, having been turned by Carlise in the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918). However, in the midst of all this, something - or someone - is on a major killing rampage in Seattle. That person is creating "newborn" vampires, the most dangerous out of control stage for vampires (they're very strong, with their human blood mingling with vampire, and they are out-of-control). They soon learn that the newborn army is out to get Bella. Eclipse proves to be best of the Twilight sage novels, as more tales of the Quiellutes are shared, as well as the history of the Cullen clan members.
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
Meyers avoids her previous reliance on tired romantic devices and genuinely pens an engaging tale.Meyers reportedly wrote "Breaking Dawn" after writing her first non-"Twilight" book, the poorly received "The Host." She would've fared better, perhaps, had she focused on her very successful series. The result: "Breaking Dawn" effectively concludes the story - and apparently to the satisfaction of many readers, but it is severely flawed.
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
The saga finale opens with Bella's and Edward's wedding, honeymoon and surprise human/vampire hybrid honeymoon baby. The baby's birth is easily one of the most gruesome scenes ever written with a young audience in mind and Bella gives her a truly awful name, Renesmee. The one redeeming factor of the novel is that a large portion is, for the first time, narrated by another character, in this case, Jacob. While it's not done to perfection, Meyers is able to capture and present Jacob's tortuous involvement with Bella and the other Cullens.
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
There is also a somewhat inspired character, J. Jenks (to reveal his profession will tell the proverbial "too much.")But "Breaking Dawn's" greatest fault lies in the dramatic change in narrative point-of-view when Bella returns to telling her story. This is no longer the voice the character Meyers firmly established in the three prior novels. Instead, she's changed Bella - yes, she's finally a vampire, but she's also a completely different character.
breaking dawn renesmee cullen!
And it is the "big elephant in the room" in the book. The series' conceit is that when someone becomes a vampire they not only have all the memories of their human life (except for Alice, who has no recollection of being human) but are, at their core, maintain their personality and character. Sadly, the over-the-top histrionics of "Breaking Dawn" make it a disappointing end to the previous three novels. but she's also a completely different character. And it is the "big elephant in the room" in the book. The series' conceit is that when someone becomes a vampire they not only have all the memories of their human life (except for Alice, who has no recollection of being human) but are, at their core, maintain their personality and character.
