Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Why the books got their titles and their covers: my opinion

ok so srry 4 taking forever to getting back 2 u guys but i have awesome topics 2 talk about
so here it is:

Twilight: (my hobby)
Title: Twilight is the end of 1 day and the start of a new. It is both to be happy and to be sad about. Bella is ending her old life and starting a new life with Edward. She is sad to be leaving her old life, but much much (infinite much's) more happier to be starting the new life with hers and (unfortunately) hers only, Edward. This relates to life b/c at first she despises her decision to start over in Forks, but just as life gets better every day for us, though we may not know it, life turns around for the better in hers as well....from twilight to dawn....the story brings us.
Cover: The cover was chosen b/c it represents "forbidden fruit"
(1) In the story of Adam and Eve they were not supposed to eat the apple b/c God told them not to. Just like how the apple was forbidden to them, Bella is forbidden to Edward b/c he can not drink her blood and he has to resist against her, which he is able to do in Twilight, but later in Breaking Dawn, by biting her and turning her into a vampire he in a way turns against his own
words just like Adam and Eve did.
(2) In Snow White, when she ate the apple that the witch gave her she became frozen in time, just like Edward is frozen in time.
(3) In Pirates of the Caribbean, Barbossa could never have the apple he was biting, since in truth he was really neither dead nor living, just like that Edward in a way is neither dead nor living and he can never really physically have Bella.
All 3 ideas put together:
The cover shows the hands (Edward) reaching for the apple: forbidden fruit (Bella), but he can never really have her . He is frozen in time, and him reaching his hands out for Bella foreshadows that she too will become frozen in time with Edward forever. Whether they will die or not is an ignored fact, more dominant is that what ever happens, they will be together forever where ever they are.

New moon: (My life)
title: The title represents a new phase in Bella's life. With Edward gone she tries to change to a different phase, a new one when Jacob comes into her life. she feels she is unable to change. however she unknowingly changes, as she begins to love Jacob in addition to loving Edward, unconditionally and irrevocably.
Cover: (1) The cover represents a beautiful and full flower dying. The stem is bending down to the earth and one petal falls. But something saves the entire flower from falling apart. Edward only takes one petal (1 petal) away from her and Jacob barely saves Bella (flower). Jacob's love is enough barely enough to keep her alive, but not enough to keep her happy. (2) This cover also represents Edward taking 1 petal away from the flower (Bella), but Jacob is able to keep the rest of the flower (Bella's heart) with him. But the flower dying foreshadows Bella leaving Jacob and joining Edward, but leaving the fruit inside her (Renesme) with Jacob forever. (fruits are made inside a flower and when the all the petals fall off the fruit comes out)

Eclipse: (My Life..............)
title: (1) Eclipse's are so powerful and strong- Edward is so powerful and strong and he is tearing Jacob away from Bella. Jacob is not strong enough to fight Edward, so in the end Bella + Edward = forever. (2) It also represents the eclipse (Jacob) trying to cover the son (Edward) from Bella, but only momentarily being able to do so since eclipse's don't last very long.

Cover: (1) The cover shows a ribbon tearing, with only a small portion on one side and the main portion on the other. This shows Bella ripping apart b/c she loves Jacob so much and yet she loves Edward so much (10000000 infinite zeros) more, to an extent at which there is no way to
live w/o him. Edward and Jacob are vampire and werewolf, naturally enemies, therefore it is impossible for Bella to have both at the same time, so she is unable to keep herself together. this causes her heart to rip into 2 pieces. it belongs to both, and since she can only have one it will never be fully complete. The cover also shows how much Bella wants to become a vampire and how much she doesn't. she thinks she is fully ready, but in reality she isn't. the small part of her that wants to stay with Jacob also wants to stay a human with him and the larger part of her wants to go with Edward, her true er lover.

Breaking Dawn: (My life.....................)
Title: This title relates to the book b/c it is the start of a new day ( a new life) because Bella is starting a new life by becoming a vampire and when, at that moment, at which she transforms her life starts with the dawn, but will never again reach twilight b/c she no longer sleeps and therefore her forever is just one day. this is why the novel starts at twilight and ends permanently at breaking dawn.
Cover: this cover shows a pawn turning into the highest chess piece, just like Bella is transformed from a weak human into a powerful vampire. this takes a long process and a lot of struggling, but in the end Bella makes it all the way to the end (her dream- Bella + Edward forever)