Twilight
In my psychology practice, I often work with adolescents. Therefore, I felt it was my duty to familiarize myself with The Twilight Saga, by Stephenie Meyer, which I did. Yes, I cringed, yes, I snorted and rolled my eyes. Then when I finished the final book, Breaking Dawn, I started all over again, and just this week finished my second reading of the series. In my defense, I was getting the books from the Chicago Public Library, and due to their amazing popularity, it took forever to get through the series twice, but really, wouldn't you think I'd have better things to do with my time?
Item One: Bella, the heroine, gets interested in a young man in her biology class... and he turns out to be A VAMPIRE! In the next book she gets interested in another guy, the son of a friend of her father... and he turns out to be A WEREWOLF! I mean this girl cannot catch a break. I won't even tell you what she goes through in books three and four.
Item Two: Bella's relationship with the vampire, Edward epitomizes the forlorn, misguided romantic fantasies of the unwashed hordes of American adolescent females over the ages. Due to the devastating power of his vampiric passions, Edward cannot indulge his carnal (not sure if this is the correct term for a vampire) desires for Bella. Instead he lies chastely with her every night in her rustic bedroom, holding her to his icy chest. In fact, he hopes to share her life while she remains human, adoring her as she ages and dies, while he remains drop-dead gorgeous, and doesn't take up with some vampire swimsuit model. Now ladies, you all know this is some kind of bull-shit.
Item Three: In the course of my research on this subject, I learned that Stephenie Meyer is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, that is a Mormon. To me, this explained a lot. I think LDS ideas of marriage informed her concept of the relationship between Bella and Edward. First of all, Edward insists that he and Bella marry before she becomes a vampire. (Meaning before they have carnal knowledge of one another). Also, the concept of celestial marriage, where husband and wife are married not just on earth, but in heaven through all eternity, is reflected in Edward and Bella's marriage. They expect to spend eternity together,(if they aren't wiped out in some intra-vampire conflict, of course) and this is vital to their union . Check out the last page of Breaking Dawn if you are sceptical of this hypothesis.
Item Four: By the way, I can't stand the actors they got to play Bella and Edward, and I don't really think the guy playing Jacob is all that hot either. I refuse to see the movies. Rather spend my time picking lint out of my navel.
Item Five: These books were real page turners!
www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/marriage/
Item One: Bella, the heroine, gets interested in a young man in her biology class... and he turns out to be A VAMPIRE! In the next book she gets interested in another guy, the son of a friend of her father... and he turns out to be A WEREWOLF! I mean this girl cannot catch a break. I won't even tell you what she goes through in books three and four.
Item Two: Bella's relationship with the vampire, Edward epitomizes the forlorn, misguided romantic fantasies of the unwashed hordes of American adolescent females over the ages. Due to the devastating power of his vampiric passions, Edward cannot indulge his carnal (not sure if this is the correct term for a vampire) desires for Bella. Instead he lies chastely with her every night in her rustic bedroom, holding her to his icy chest. In fact, he hopes to share her life while she remains human, adoring her as she ages and dies, while he remains drop-dead gorgeous, and doesn't take up with some vampire swimsuit model. Now ladies, you all know this is some kind of bull-shit.
Item Three: In the course of my research on this subject, I learned that Stephenie Meyer is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, that is a Mormon. To me, this explained a lot. I think LDS ideas of marriage informed her concept of the relationship between Bella and Edward. First of all, Edward insists that he and Bella marry before she becomes a vampire. (Meaning before they have carnal knowledge of one another). Also, the concept of celestial marriage, where husband and wife are married not just on earth, but in heaven through all eternity, is reflected in Edward and Bella's marriage. They expect to spend eternity together,(if they aren't wiped out in some intra-vampire conflict, of course) and this is vital to their union . Check out the last page of Breaking Dawn if you are sceptical of this hypothesis.
Item Four: By the way, I can't stand the actors they got to play Bella and Edward, and I don't really think the guy playing Jacob is all that hot either. I refuse to see the movies. Rather spend my time picking lint out of my navel.
Item Five: These books were real page turners!
www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/marriage/
posted by The Lurker at
12:58 AM
2 Comments:
Does she fall for a Republican in book 3?
Seriously, as long as YOU like them, I should give them a try.
Be careful Joe! I can get pretty low-brow.
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