Book Reviews-"Twilight"

1. Title: Twilight
2. Author: Stephenie Meyer
3. Publisher: Little Brown & Co
4. Date of Publication: November 1st, 2008
5. Pages: 498 pages
6. Major Characters:(refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(2008_film))
(1)Bella Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen
(2)Edward Cullen, a 108-year-old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and has the ability to read minds, with the exception of Bella's, along with superhuman speed and strength.
(3)Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300-plus-year-old vampire who looks to be in his mid-20s. He serves as the town's physician and is the father figure of the Cullen family.
(4)Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and a mother figure to the Cullen family.
(5)Alice Cullen, a vampire who can see the future based on decisions that people make.

7. Plot Summary:

Grade 9 Up–Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning when one small mistake could be life-threatening. Bella and Edward's struggle to make their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her. As a result, the novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive. Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to
follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.

Comments:
After reading the story, I think that there are two reasons to explain "Why the Cullens can get along with people." The first reason is Carlisle's concepts. He believes that the Cullents all bring some fo the strongest human features with them inot the vampire's world-like minds, sensses,and precognition. The second reason is compassion and self-discipline. The Cullens exist without being devils and retain a basic component of human nature: sympathy. Therefore, Carlisle strongly opposes sucking human's blood because he believes that he can conquer his vampire destiny. Because of good education and self-discipline, the Cullens can escape that traditional vampire framework. That's the key reason why the Cullens can get along with human beings.