Twilight Persuasive Essay
In Stephenie Meyer’s fantasy series, Twilight Series, Bella Swan learns that she is not living the world she thought she was. Bella learns that there are vampires living among her, and one of them, Edward Cullen, had fallen in love with her. Edward and Bella make many sacrifices to keep their relationship intact and keep the people they love safe. For instance, Bella must go to the vampire that was hunting her, James, because he threatened to kill her mother if she did not. Edward left Bella to keep her safe from himself and others of his kind. In the final book Jacob was going to fight his own pack to keep Bella safe from them. Through these examples and multiple others, Meyers conveys the theme that unselfish deeds have a positive impact
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Edward saved Bella from a car that would have killed her by using his super speed to run over to the car and then he stopped the car from hitting her. Bella said in Twilight:
“I saw several things simultaneously… The adrenaline rush seemed to make my brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once. Edward Cullen was standing four cars down from me, staring at me in horror… The dark van was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. It was going to hit the back corner of my truck, and I was standing between them… Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting.” (Meyers 55)
Even though all the people watching could have figured out that he was not human, he made the split-second decision to save her. While some may argue that Edward only saved Bella so he wouldn’t drink her blood when she got hit, he obviously saved her because he is a very unselfish person and he loved Bella already. It is also shown when Bella must give herself up to the vampire, James, because he threatened to kill her mother. This relates to the theme because, although Bella knew that James would probably kill her, she wanted her mother to be safe from
Edward saved Bella from a car that would have killed her by using his super speed to run over to the car and then he stopped the car from hitting her. Bella said in Twilight:
“I saw several things simultaneously… The adrenaline rush seemed to make my brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once. Edward Cullen was standing four cars down from me, staring at me in horror… The dark van was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. It was going to hit the back corner of my truck, and I was standing between them… Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting.” (Meyers 55)
Even though all the people watching could have figured out that he was not human, he made the split-second decision to save her. While some may argue that Edward only saved Bella so he wouldn’t drink her blood when she got hit, he obviously saved her because he is a very unselfish person and he loved Bella already. It is also shown when Bella must give herself up to the vampire, James, because he threatened to kill her mother. This relates to the theme because, although Bella knew that James would probably kill her, she wanted her mother to be safe from