Shelby Phelan

Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
Fantasy
Just Right
Page 428

1. In my book right now, Bella has just been turned into a vampire. After being almost killed by her pregnancy with Renesmee, her half human, half vampire daughter, Edward does what he can to save her, which is using his venom to change his beloved wife into a "monster" as himself. Bella has just learned to hunt and is very pleasantly surprised at how easy everything is for her now. For example, being more than clutzy as a human, Bella finds herself to be a very graceful vampire. Jasper, Edwards brother is an expert on newborn vampires, and is amazed at how Bella controls herself. According to him, newborn vampires cannot controtl their emotions, and thirst is their number one personality trait, but luckily not for Bella. She has other interests that are stronger than her thirst. While hunting with Edward, Bella smelled human blood. For newborns, it should be impossible not to kill them, and even for vampires that are decades old, but Bella could, and did. She and dward are about to go back so that bella can meet Renesmee for the first time.

2. I love this book because I love the entire Twilight series, Edward, Bella and all the rest of the characters. I think the story is amazing and I never get tired of it. I have read Twilight three times, and this is my third time reading breaking dawn. I really enjoy the way Stephenie Meyer writes, and all of her four books are unique and very, very interesting. I really hope she continues the Twilight series or beigins a new series similar to it.

3. I think the themes in this book are family and love. These two themes are tied together in my mind because you can't have a family without love, or at least not a good one. Even while being killed by her own baby while it is inside of her, Bella loves it more than anything else in the world. Except Edward. She describes how she feels when she first finds out she is pregnant, and states "There was no division-- my love was not split between them now; it wasn't like that. It was more like my heart had grown, swollen up to twice it's size in that moment. All that extra space, allready filled" (132). This shows the amount of love Bella has for her growing family. All the characters love eachother in one way or another, either as a husband or wife, friend, parent, oror even ememy. And most of these ties are connected by family. Also, because of Edwards mind reading talent, that the unborn child loves Bella too. A lot.

4. My favorite character is Bella because she shows an everlasting determination in everything. She won't just give everyone what they ask of her as soon as they ask it. For example, everyone but Rosalie is begging Bella to let them remore the fetus so it won't kill her. Bella ignores them and states that she can keep her heart beating through anything, as long as it is needed, or until Renesmee is savely delivered. Then she is going to rely on Edward's venom to save her. It works. Then, while the beyond painful transformation is taking place, Bella is determined not to let Edward see her in pain. Most would scream and cry out and beg for death, but not Bella. She kept her mouth shut in order to save worry from the others.

5. My least favorite character is Rosalie because she is mean, heartless, and uncaring. While Bella is dying in order to give birth to a child, Rosalie is encouraging her to not let the others destroy it, and convinces Bella to nearly destroy herself instead. All she cares about is the baby, and because Edward again can hear peoples thoughts, he knows and is not simply guessing what she thinks. Rosalie is arrogant and selfish, and cares nothing of the pain of others. She would rathe rhave Bella die, and then keep the baby for herself.

6. I have allready read this book multiple times so I can't really make a fair prediction, but I predict Bella is going to be able to resist husting all humans, and half humans. Maybe the talent she brought into the vampire world was unbekieveable self control.