Analysis Of The Book ' The Twilight Series '

As discussed in class, as well as in many literary analyses of the novel, Dracula is full of statements regarding gender roles and gender separation in the late nineteenth century. Stoker conveys contrasting female personas through Lucy and Mina. Though these women exist in the same time period and within the same social class, they have varying personality traits that reflect their womanhood in relation to societal ideals and, more specifically, to the men around them. Multiple times within the novel, the traits of the ideal nineteenth century woman are challenged, not only through Lucy and Mina themselves, but also through the reactions and opinions of male characters, such as Van Helsing. One of the most obvious occurrences is relayed to the reader through Mina’s journal. She writes about the ‘New Woman’ and expresses what may be interpreted as a sense of desire to emulate this progressive persona. Mina’s opinion of the New Woman is somewhere between fear and adoration. Stoker uses this passage to show Mina’s unspoken struggle between being the woman society expects her to be and being a more modern woman by presenting the reader with the equivalence of an internal monologue; since Mina writes these thoughts in her journal, but does not express them to anyone else.

The story is quite brief and its plot is simple. Given that it is portrayed as a real event, it has messages that exist both on the surface and more profoundly.

One month before Jeremy Fink’s thirteenth birthday, he receives from the lawyer a keyless box left by his Father before his death, which contains the meaning of life. His Father died in a car accident when Jeremy was at a young age. Jeremy Fink and Lizzy search for four keys to unlock the secrets within the box mysterious box. Along the way their adventure brings them to flea markets, office buildings, to science museums meeting strange and interesting characters.

The film is presented as a series of scenes between various characters, some who have limited interaction with one another, others whose lives are already quite connected (e.g., husbands and wives, working partners, etc). No matter the level of connection at the film’s start, each will see their lives changed by other characters in monumental ways over the course of thirty-six hours. The narrative shifts between and amongst characters, so that no single individual is given entire focus. This leads to fully developed characters and complex situations that would not have been possible if the story were told from a single character’s

Plot Summary: An ex-slave and master spearman is freed and becomes a bodyguard. A young woman plans to earn the trust of royalty, and ultimately steal an object of great value to save her father’s land. A king becomes fearful for his life, after several assassination attempts nearly claim him. A young prince helps his father with visions he gets during storms. Armies battle for massive gems, and all await the arrival of the Assassin in White.

Andrew Anderson’s film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe starts off with four siblings who are escaping from the air strikes of World War II. The children escape to an old man’s mansion where they find a wardrobe that has a magical doorway to a mystical land called Narnia. While they are walking in Narnia their brother wonders off and finds the evil White Witch who lures him in through gluttony away from the siblings. The others find out more about the mysterious land through other talking animals and eventually make their way into a camp. The camp they find has the protector of the land as their leader Aslan; Aslan is the savior of Narnia from the evil White Witch. Toward the end of the film, a battle occurs between Aslan’s followers and the White Witch’s army; needless to say, Aslan’s side won and defeated the evil White Witch. After the battle, the siblings were crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia in place of Aslan, so Aslan himself can help other worlds. The end of the movie occurs, when the children are adults now, and they stumble across the other side of the wardrobe where they go back to the age they were before discovering Narnia. The film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by Andrew Adamson demonstrate the humankind’s redemption through character and plot.

There are definite strengths to the storytelling, especially the protagonist Odette, but the script would benefit from building upon those strengths.

It is adventurous story because the character shows shifting of place and defeating of unnatural enemy. Moreover, the story gives a greater lesson in every reader. It is the valuing of friendship. Also, searching of one's identity. Unconsciously, we have investigated ourselves through knowing our strengtha and weaknesses.

The thousand and one nights offered an interesting prospective on the roles of women in the Muslim culture at the time. The woman in the tale ranges from wives, concubines, slave-girls, and even demon-woman, but all of them even the educated and wise Shahrazad is expected to have very little say and their lives are for the most part subject to the whims their husbands and fathers. One could even say that in the society set up in the story their very existence are meant to be that of a trinket, to be looked at not heard and seen as a show of a man’s strength and power. Every time the story speaks of a man with power and success there are mentions of a slave girl or mistress “once there was a merchant who had abundant wealth and investments …….he had many women and children and kept servants and slaves…”.the male sexuality is seen as natural and expected, but whenever a female tries to express her sexuality or independence she is looked down on even if she is the victim in the situation like the demons prisoner.

The plot is clear and simple but uniquely created. It has a distinctive yet imaginable setting with interesting characters. The sequence of events is completely unpredictable with a lot of twists and

Although Dracula was not the first vampire novel, the effect that Bram Stoker’s creation had on the vampire genre is undisputable. At the time, it was written intellectual revelations during the 19th century had begun to change what people fear. Archaic legends like vampire stories no longer inspired terror in industrializing areas like Britain. What made Dracula widely successful was the incorporation of modern themes and anxieties with the renowned archetype of the vampire. By analyzing what makes Dracula a formidable monster, its becomes apparent what people feared during that time it was written. This is true for modern adaptations of Dracula and the vampire monster as well. Movies like Priest (2011) and the television show, The Strain (2014) both have unique twists that play off modern anxieties. What makes Dracula appealing to me lies in his personality, or lack thereof. After hundreds of years of being a vampire, Dracula has lost his humanity. He manipulates, charms, and uses brutal force to live. However, Mina once infected, fights passionately to keep her humanity. When reading Dracula, I often wondered how I would react if infected, to desperately cling to humanity, or plunge into the darkness?

Following her usual route to Grandmother’s house she kept a constant vigil, as the woods had become more treacherous over the years. The local trappers and lumberjacks told tales of shadows moving independently and the trees showing a more menacing visage, so far their stories were proving accurate. Red even noted that the woods seemed denser than before, the tree branches creating a canopy that completely blocked out the afternoon sun, making it seem as if even the sun offered no sanctuary in these woods. In any case, Red was not too bothered by it, her lycanthropy serving as a boon, gifting her the ability to see fairly well in the absolute darkness.

The Twilight Saga, by Stephanie Meyer, has been viewed as a narrative of either teenage lust or romantic love characterized by Bella, a private seventeen-year-old girl, and Edward, a mysterious vampire who goes to Bella’s high school; Yet no one has credited the Cullen’s in the full light they deserve, in the way that they display family loyalty, self-control, and altruism among their family of vampires. The book series infatuated the hearts of teenage girls across the world, and even expanded upon those horizons to reach an audience so wide that the book series became a household name. Critics have endlessly discussed the love, or lust, of the two individuals and are fascinated by the fact that the Twilight Saga falls not just in the genre of romance, but also in the supernatural/ horror category. Maple, in an article that discusses this barrier breaking love that Bella and Edward display, states “throughout the story Bella and Edward share an unorthodox relationship, a love above and beyond all others: something more expressive of eternal commitment” (Maple). Maple emphasizes how deep and rare the love between the two adolescents is, and I would argue that human’s innate desire for this kind of love is one of the main reasons why Twilight became so widespread. However, another basis for the obsession of the books is simply because The Cullen’s, the family in which Edward belongs to, represent vampires in a

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a romantic book about two teenagers, a girl named Bella and a vampire named Edward. The two of them fall in love, and Bella is put in danger by a different group of vampires. There have been several different types of criticism towards this book and every criticism is different ; it includes being one hundred percent justifiable to do absolutely anything for the one you love. Others have also said that it was not intended to relate to teen girls, but it actually ended up doing just that. Also, some critics have compared Twilight to Harry Potter in the sense that both of the stories “lie in a dream” (Bethune).

Every inch of wall space is covered by a bookcase. Each bookcase has six shelves, going almost to the ceiling. Some bookshelves are stacked to the brim with hardback books: science, maths, history, and everything else. Other shelves have two layers of paperback science fiction, with the back layer of books propped up on old tissue boxes or lengths of wood, so that you can see the back layer of books above the books in front. And it still isn 't enough. Books are overflowing onto the tables and the sofas and making little heaps under the windows.