Ever since the book Twilight came out, all I've been hearing is "Edward Cullen is such a good boyfriend! I want a boy just like him!" or "OMG! Are you Team Edward or Jacob?!". From standing in line for the movie premiere, to Facebook/Myspace statuses, girls have been going crazy for the men in Twilight. The "Twi-hard" fans have been obsessing over Edward Cullen and Jacob Black since the first book of the series came out, but became even more extreme when it came onto the movie screen! More fans and more screams, the Twilight men have been getting more and more popular. Even though Edward and Jacob may be "hot", what I see these days are girls making their ideal boyfriends more like these characters. What I'm trying to say is, are girls depending on these these books too much, that they're actually living off of it?
So basically, Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, is a book about a girl named Bella Swan. She moves to Forks, Washington with her father, and attends the local high school. On her first day, she discovers a strange boy, named Edward Cullen (OHMAIGAWD SO HAWT). She discovers that he's a vampire (oooooh!) and reveals that he's nice, sensitive and will do anything for her (aaaah!). In the end, Edward states that she's his "whole life" and they live happily ever after!...Well, until the next book.
I have read the Twilight series before, and to tell you the truth, I was a fan; but not one of those "Twi-hards". What made me drift away from Twilight was the fact that it was implanting teenage girl's brains that boys out there should be an Edward or Jacob. This book was making these girls think that if they date a guy, he will be as sensitive or as risky as the two main male characters; and they might base those facts as their ideology of a man. But of course, it doesn't really work like that in the real world. In my opinion, girls shouldn't go running after a fictional character that doesn't exist at all. They're just setting themselves up for dissapointment when they actually meet a guy and they don't relate to their type of ideology. In conclusion, these girls shouldn't base their life off a book about vampires, and should just live their life as their own.
Stephenie Meyer's Website: http://stepheniemeyer.com/
Twilight the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/
2 comments:
Aha yay!! Someone I can talk too! I totally agree that girls are just setting themselves up for a fake fanatsy. Of course ever girl wants to be swept off her feet, but by a vampire..really? I will admit I was a fan too, but not to the same extent as some people. Good job Angela, this blog was very entertaining and you had alot of true information. :)
"Bella Swan: The biggest step back towards feminism since the sandwich." Yeah, that quote is sexist, but it is true that Bella and all the self-proclaimed "Twi-hards" are basically saying that they NEED a man in their lives. This practiacally sets back all the progress women have made in their quest for equality. They are setting themselves up to find their pasty-skinned man with fangs, and that is not going to happen. Angela, you did a good job preaching the truth about the desperate girls sad attempts at finding their "perfect (fictional) man."
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