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    To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both a fantasy and a nightmare woven into a reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her pending choice, to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life, has become the thread from which the fate of two completely different

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    Which is why these females in vampire literature are willing to risk their lives for a vampire, they want something more. The darkness and mystery pulls these women closer and closer to what can be the greatest love of all time. For example Bella Swan from “Twilight” was a regular mortal who wanted nothing more to be with Edward Cullen the vampire. Elena from “Vampire Diaries” found love with a human who turned out to be a vampire. Even in “Vampire in the Lemon Grove Fila” didn’t not run away knowing

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    The vampire craze has taken over what young teenagers today indulge themselves in regards to reading material. But has this new fad had a negative effect on teens? Some of theses books (for example the Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyer) have portrayed an example for teenagers and even adults that should be more closely examined. A hundred years ago, books for kids were dominated with stories about boys having adventures and girls finding husbands; then, from the 1950s to the 1970s, the themes

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    the first book in a series of vampire-fantasy-romance novels written for teens and young adults which revolve around the lives of the two titular characters, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, and the complications of their romantic relationship. The book is written by Stephanie Meyer and is told through the eyes of 17 year old Bella Swan, as she moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie. She soon meets Edward Cullen, a 105 year old vampire posing as a high school

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    Classify New Moon is a romance novel, and you can find this book at the library. Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight Saga. Stephenie graduated from Brigham Young University, with a degree in English literature. She lives with her husband, and her sons in Arizona. She is a delightful author that writes adventurous books. The vocabulary and reading level is considered a high school level novel. New Moon is intended for teenage girls from ninth to twelfth grade; enjoy reading about vampires

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    “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer has many codes and conventions from the genre that is gothic literature. Like “The Italian” by Ann Radcliffe there is a sense of anxiety from the monstrous power of unreality, and the characters of both Bella and Ellena do not know what is happening around them. A dark mystery is created throughout the novels, using sinister settings and threatening atmospheres. The idea of the sublime is shown through the descriptions of Ellena and Bella’s surroundings. This put together

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    Vampire Diaries television series both have similarities and differences that revolve around the main characters, content, and story line. First, to compare and contrast Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, the main characters need to be analyzed. Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are the main characters in the Twilight movies, while Elena Gilbert and Stefan and Damon Salvatore are the main characters in The Vampire Diaries. Both Elena and Bella are humans at the beginning of each series and fall in love with

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    Themes Of Breaking Dawn

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    Stephenie Meyer’s book, Breaking dawn takes place on earth in the normal world, but this book is part of a series and the unusual part of this series is that it is based on the idea of love from a normal teenage girl to a vampire that is part of a family of vampires. This book shows you the struggles of being with a vampire and the sacrifices and then the friendly love for a werewolf. Then having a child is hurting Bella and the child is a risk for their kind. Love is powerful and something that

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    The Twilight Saga, Eclipse was written by Stephenie Meyer and has been one of the best sellers of 2007. She sold many copies of her book and her main audience was young teenagers. The book has been banned from libraries all over the world but in the U.S. there has been about 4400 challenges to get book banned because it has many controversial illustration to include homosexuality and religion (Baldassarro, 2011). In September 2008, the books were removed from middle school libraries in California

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    The Cullen Family: More than just Blood Sucking Vampires 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

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