Upon confronting the gathered Cullen allies and witnesses, the Volturi discover that they have been misinformed on Renesmee's identity, and execute Irina when she refuses to make a claim against the wolves for killing Laurent, trying unsuccessfully to instigate a full battle. Additionally, Caius brings up the Cullens' pact with the Quileute as allying with the vampires' sworn enemy, the Children of the Moon, but it turns out the Quileutes are 'shapeshifters' that chose the form of giant wolves, and not Lycans.
The Volturi remain undecided on whether Renesmee should be viewed as a threat to vampires' secret existence. At that time, Alice and Jasper, who had left prior to the gathering of the Cullen's allies, return with a Mapuche called Nahuel, a year-old vampire-human hybrid like Renesmee, and his biological aunt, Huilen.
Huilen tells of how her sister fell in love with a vampire and became pregnant with his child. She also shares that when Nahuel was born, he bit her and made her immortal. Nahuel demonstrates that the hybrids pose no threat, and the Volturi agree to leave the Cullens alone.
Before the Volturi leave, he also informs them of his father's intent to create more hybrids to produce a 'super race. The Cullens and their allies return to their homes in peace, accepting that the Volturi may one day return. When Edward and Bella are alone, she lets him read her mind for the first time, sharing her feelings about him from her memories.
He asks to see her memories again, but she tells him it would take time to show him again. Edward reminds her not to worry, as they have eternity to spend together. Originally, Meyer wrote a book titled Forever Dawn , which was a direct sequel to Twilight. The part that took Meyer the longest time to write of Breaking Dawn was the half-chapter describing the 3 months after Bella's transformation into a vampire because 'the amount of time per word put into that section was probably ten times what it was in any other part of the book' and Meyer liked to write minute by minute, but didn't think it would be exciting.
Meyer decided to include the pregnancy in her story while she was researching vampires, early in , and came across the legend of the incubus, a demon who could father children. She stated that Bella's pregnancy and childbirth, for her, were 'a way to kind of explore that concept of what childbirth used to be' in the past and acknowledged that they were 'taking Bella in a new direction that wasn't [as] relatable for a lot of people.
In regard to Renesmee's unique name, Meyer wrote that she 'couldn't call her Jennifer or Ashley. What do you name the most unique baby in the world?
I looked through a lot of baby name websites. Eventually I realized that there was no human name that was going to work for me, so I surrendered to necessity and made up my own. The Twilight Saga is really Bella's story, and this was the natural place for her story to wind up.
She overcame the major obstacles in her path and fought her way to the place she wanted to be. I suppose I could try to prolong her story unnaturally, but it wouldn't be interesting enough to keep me writing.
Stories need conflict, and the conflicts that are Bella-centric are resolved. It also hints that the novel would have a happy ending for the couples, as in The Merchant of Venice. Meyer described it as 'the magic of setting things right—which doesn't happen in the real world, which is absolutely fantasy', and decided to introduce it earlier—in Eclipse —so she wouldn't have to explain it later.
Meyer described the cover as 'extremely meaningful' and said that she was 'really happy with how it turned out'. The title, Breaking Dawn , is a reference to the beginning of Bella's life as a newborn vampire.
Another reason for giving the book this particular title is that it matches the book's plot, which centers on 'a new awakening and a new day and there's also a lot of problems inherent in it'.
Entertainment Weekly magazine released an excerpt of Breaking Dawn on May 30, The first quote was released on Meyer's website on July 12, The concert series sold out three of its four locations on the day that tickets went on sale, [19] selling out in under an hour in one city. Prior to the novel's release, the first three Twilight books had already sold 8.
The book sold 1. Critical reception of Breaking Dawn was mixed. Lev Grossman wrote, 'First, since there's a lot of one-star reviews up on Amazon, let me say up front: I loved Breaking Dawn. It should have been two books. Publishers Weekly stated that the main problem with Breaking Dawn was that, 'Essentially, everyone gets everything they want, even if their desires necessitate an about-face in characterization or the messy introduction of some back story. Nobody has to renounce anything or suffer more than temporarily—in other words, grandeur is out.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Meyer responded to the negative response of many fans to the book and called it the 'Rob Effect'; she said that the fans need time to accept the ending of Breaking Dawn , just as they needed time to accept Robert Pattinson playing the role of Edward in the Twilight movie.
Summit Entertainment announced in November that they had obtained the rights to the fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's series, Breaking Dawn.
The film was split into two parts; the first part of the film was released on November 18, , [42] and the second part was released on November 16, Maggie Grace plays the part of Irina in the film, while Mackenzie Foy plays Renesmee, Edward and Bella's half-vampire, half-human child. The film did not follow the book strictly, as many of the scenes were created from scratch to add tension to the narrative.
Background [ edit ] Development [ edit ] Originally, Meyer wrote a book titled Forever Dawn , which was a direct sequel to Twilight. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.
Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed The astonishing conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
Although by no means dominant or even particularly overt, Meyer's use of religion nonetheless provides for some intriguing interpretive possibilities.
Topics from young love, to abstinence, to the value of family and friends are infused in the stories. Love as an agent of change and a motivational impulse for self-sacrifice also receives significant emphasis. Could Eve and Mary be a pattern for Bella? What about Edward--could he be seen as a Christ-figure? From Twilight to Breaking Dawn assists readers in thinking about the religious themes and images found throughout the Twilight saga.
A single Twilight character or issue is discussed in each chapter and concludes with discussion questions for individual or group study. This book includes ideas from Judaism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism. From Twilight to Breaking Dawn is perfect for parents wanting to discuss these books with their children or for Twilight lovers interested in pursuing the deeper meaning that lies at the heart of these books. Avoiding a repetition of such reductive critiques of the series's purported shortcomings with respect to literary merit and political correctness, this volume adopts a cultural studies framework to explore the range of scholarly concerns awakened by the 'Twilight novels and their filmic adaptations.
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