Saturday, August 13, 2011

(sigh) Bella Swan is incredibly stupid. period.

I have recently reread Twilighth for my 127th time. The first few times I readit, I fell in love eith the characters instantly, but after you read a book more than 10 times, you start to notice little things that just tcks you off. It's not like i'm one of those obsessive people who makes this come up in every single one of their conversation, i just love the mood swings it takes me through. The way it was written was incredible, and I feel that Stephanie Meyer has to be one of my favorite people because of it. But, just because I liked the style doesn't mean that I like the story.

It begins with a very boring girl who is moving from sun to clouds and isn't likey. There is nothing interesting about her and she is horribly clumsy, like, unable to walk across a flat surface clumsy. The first thing I wondered is how in the world did she survive 17  years of her life. It is obvious she is a hazard to herself, and everyone else around her. But, i give so much credit to her mother because she is truly a miracle child.

Another thing about Bella Swan is that even though throughout the whole book she is sayin how independent and strong she is, she practicaly melts when this creepy, scary guys lurks up on her all the time. One minute he tries to have a great conversation, and the next he wants to eat her!!! What kind of mess is that? I believe from the very moment she figured out he was a vampire and red light should have definitely went off. I know every woman has dreamed of the beautifula vampire sneaking into her room at night and feasting upon her neck, but in this novel, drinking blood wasn't what it's all cracked up to be. It was a sure way to die.
To tell the truth, he was easy to fall for and his intelligents and old spirit matched up with hers completely. The pair had a strong bond and any sane person would say that they belonged together, but I think it would have been safer to be life long friends. She had to have realized that most of her attraction was due to him saving her life and his "vampire charm".

Something else that caught my attention in the novel was that she caused a lot of hell. So many things were at stake because of her. it seemed that the book had nothing to do with anything else except from someone -everyone- risking their life for her. Behind Alice, Rosalie had to be my favorite because she was real with what she said and realistic with the dangers Bella and Edward had caused.

But in the end, if there was anyway I could have took her position, I would have most definitely ended up with Jacob. If I ever planned to have some kind of future with children and grandchildren...with real jobs...with friends other than the Cullens...with some kind of access to the real world. Jacob would never ever have left Bella even if circumstances weren't safe, he would try his best. Yes, he was still a bit of a child at heart, but he was quickly maturing throughout the books. She would have never had to upset her father, and leave her family.

I guess, truth is me and Bellal Swan are totally different people. She liked isolation and loneliness. I just want to live life to the absolute fullest.


4 comments:

  1. Ok, but have we ever looked at it from the stand point that she's actually ASSERTING her independence by choosing to be with Edward. She's basically saying "I don't need anyone. I can give up my friends, family, and life and live in isolation as long as I have him."

    ^^ That argument was worth a try. In reality, I completely agree with you. The more I read (or watch) Twilight, the more I'm completely disgusted with it because of the lack of brains shown by Bella. At first I loved it (of course) because of the romance, but Bella is sacrificing everything to be with Edward. I'm not saying that they don't love each other because they REALLY do, but It's not a really good pitch to tell young girls that its ok to compromise who you are just for the sake of being with someone.

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  2. THANK YOU!!!!!! I do see the romance, ans it is still a very moving book...but I can't explain how upset I was when she went after Edward in book 2

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  3. Yea for real. It is a good book, it's just that I can't read it like I used to. I have to be in the mood. Of course, I stumbled on this book in middle school when I was a little less knowledgeable and thought that Edward and Bella were like the epitome of what love should be..but now that I think about it, they're the opposite. Even though Edward keeps telling her she shouldn't change to be like him, she keeps thinking that she HAS to change and that contradicts the whole idea of love in the first place. I mean if you really love someone and you feel like they really love you then you shouldn't even feel like you have to change at all.

    It would be really awesome if for once in a book, the main girl character just says "EFF it! I'm going it alone and I don't even need a guy at all (much less a vampire or a wearwolf)." Now THERE's independence lol

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  4. Hahahaha! seriously =^.^=
    i mean, wouldn't it be cool ifi Stephanie Meyer actually did a whole nother book on what it would be like if Bella chose Jacob?

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