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Breaking Dawn: Vampire Lore Revamped
By newsguy | July 21, 2008
Vampires are the worlds most condemned and glorified symbols. Beautiful. Charming. Sensual. Alluring. They illustrate the timeless struggle between what we know is right and the darker aspects of our nature. Flawless statuesque beings, driven by the most primal of all desires and the need for dark nourishment, they feed our forbidden fascination with the abomination. They are the power and strength combined with the perfection and beauty that so eludes humanity.
From Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a tale of a gruesome bloodthirsty creature to Anne Rice’s revolutionary reinvented vampire, a beautiful symbol of power and sexuality, the vampire has undergone countless transformation throughout literary history. The modern vampire can now be seen in the form of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series.
Who could have predicted that a charming 33-year old Mormon housewife would cause a sensation to rival that of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter? Regardless, she has dreamed up a character that has captured the hearts of the adolescent population. (I would just like to state that isn’t just teenage girls that love this book. I know plenty of guys that have read it and love it. It is truly a story for everyone.)
She has artfully constructed a world of the impossible, in which vampires and werewolves roam amongst humans and love isn’t a vain hope. This is the world of Bella Swan and her vampire lover Edward Cullen, a world so real and yet with out the true horrors of our world that it has captivated the attention of all who enter it.
Three books have painted us a picture of this reality. Obstacles have been overcome, love has been found, sorrow has been felt, but it is drawing to a close. On August 2nd the last chapter in this saga will be read and the world will know the fate of Bella, of Edward, of Jacob, but most of all, the fate of love. Breaking Dawn, the forth and final installment, will hopefully answer all the questions still burning in Twilight fans. Will Edward and Bella marry? What is to become of Jacob? But most of all; Will Bella join the Cullen family as a creature of the night?
Only time will tell, but I know for certain that I will be amongst the sleep-deprived crowd anxiously waiting at my local bookstore at midnight to fall in love again with Edward, my vampire.
By: Landis
Topics: The Buzz |
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Interesting…there’s a word missing i believe from the line about it’s not just girls reading it and I balked when I read Edward as Bella’s lover. In the literal sense of the word, he is not. Other than that, very good.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Wow that was really gud! cn u post it on my group??? please? Thx!!!
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