Showing posts with label Stephenie Meyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephenie Meyer. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost pg. 1068

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction of ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

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I first read this poem when I read Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer for the first time. Many books will start a chapter by including an epigraph, which is an opening quote before the chapter begins. When I read this, I concluded that Bella would have to make a choice, because I took it to represent that she was choosing between Edward who represents ice and Jacob who represents fire.
I think this poem was written mostly to represent how the world might end and to which might be better to endure, fire or ice. Many people think that the world might end by the sun going supernova and burning us all to a crisp or by a nuclear winter which would freeze us to death. I'm not sure that I believe any of this, although I do agree that the earth, like everything will parish one day... just hopefully it is far, far away.
I think this poem is worth sharing because it represents a battle and/or a choice to be made that we should all be aware of eventually. If you had the choice, which one would you choose?

Thursday, March 10, 2011

"Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

So, I just recently finished reading Twilight, yet again. I know this is supposed to be what you would call a "tween" book, but I can't help myself. I find the mythical type of genre to be the most enticing. I want to read about people, places, and objects that are completely unreal. It gives me things I can dream of. I tried to ignore the Twilight phenomenon ad I did for quite awhile too, but I gave in after New Moon came out in the theaters. I was bored one night last year and I found Twilight on television and I gave in and watched it. It just opened my eyes to another world. I immediately found the books at my local library and read them all in a matter of days. I have been obsessed ever since. I've re-read the entire series multiple times and have seen all the movies to date. I so wish that a series of books that you enjoy would never end and that there was always more to write about. Although, I can not completely agree that Stephenie Meyer is an excellent author, I find many mistakes in her work, I can agree that she is completely full of imagination and knew how to write an amazing story.