Which characters are you drawn to in the twilight series and why?
In other novels you’ve read and re-read what drew you to the novels and love of the characters?
An amazing author of fantasy has quite a bit to say about the genre of fantasy. In an article for the School Library Journal she shares her take on it:
She says “fantasy creates hope and optimism in readers… the kind that carries over into everyday life and colors the way readers perceive things around them”.
Do you agree and if so how does twilight fit into the picture?
I know I’ve read some blogs (thanks to rubberduckie89) of some young men who have had their perspectives and attitudes influenced by Edward and feel more “shivalrous” and attentive to their love interests.
You know how it’s influenced me. So let me know what you think.
I’m wondering why we re-read not only the Twilight series but other books as well if you want to send in some example and share the comparisons that would be great.
I know I’ve read Hamlet or at least parts of it more times than I can count. I’m drawn to Hamlet’s dilema of wanted to be obedient to his father yet being filled with self-doubt to the point of creating his own solution for vengence against the king. Then so much sorrow comes into his life because he didn’t follow his father’s counsel. I drawn to the depth of his love story with Ophelia. Does she kill herself because her father is dead or because Hamlet is lost to her or because he killed her father or all of the above. What termoil she must have been in and what complex parallel’s do we see in our own relationships. The list goes on. I must say. The Mel Gibson movie came out the same year I studied it in high school. ‘91. Boy am I aging myself. And eventhough it gave lines to different people and reaaranged scenes from the book, it was a wonderful adaption of a very complex story. A Midsummer Nights dream is so hysterical and syterical my husband thinks I’m a freak when I bust into laughter. I think honestly I like reading about the manipulation and the gulability of the characters. Makes me not feel so vulnerable myself (at least that’s never happened to me).
Jane Eyre I think was drawn to this forgotten, mistreated little girl and how all she wanted was love and finally found it in the most unlikely of places. What hope for the future. I’ve alread shared some parallel’s I feel connected with twilight all ready.
I’m very interested in the parallel’s you find with the characters in this series and the story lines that you like to re-read and why. If you aren’t sure then maybe just the writing process will help you on your own journey towards self discovery.
If there are other books or charcters lines that you love to re-read I’d be interested in hearing about them as well.
Reading is such a powerful tool of expression. Sometimes we take for granted that a part of us has been touched and changed. Writing about it can help us really understand where we’re at now or where we’re going and that maybe things aren’t as they seem, for better or worse.
