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Statement of Intent: If bạn read to the end, you'll notice that I do not advocate against đọc Twilight, just putting it into context for young readers. This was originally written for a Facebook audience of Những người bạn until I decided to post it here as well. It was not intended to offend Twilight những người hâm mộ hoặc readers, but to simply give a little perspective on why I believe Edward Cullen is a poor character to respect/admire. Should there be enough được ưa chuộng demand, I'm willing to write a similar bài viết about Bella Swan.

Personality Traits in Abusive Relationships [link, link]

Note: The ones in bold are ones that are displayed bởi Edward Cullen in the book hoặc film. Thanks to Jody for the research.

1) Uncontrolled temper. "Sometimes I Have a problem with my temper, Bella." (Twilight, Edward, page 164).
2) Extreme Jealousy.

"I mean, bạn know better than to be jealous, right?"
He raised one eyebrow. "Do I?"
"Be serious."
"Easily - there's nothing remotely humorous about this."
I frowned suspiciously. "Or... is this something else altogether? Some vampires-and-werewolves-are-always-enemies nonsense? Is this just a testosterone-fueled --"
His eyes blazed. "This is only about you. All I care is that you're safe." (Eclipse, page 143, after Bella spent the ngày with Jacob.)

3) Intense fear of abandonment. (Note that though this is not one of Edward's character traits, it is a telling trait of Bella, who one could argue in a seprate note is emotionally manipulative, but we're not focusing on Bella here.)
4) A background involving physical, emotional hoặc sexual abuse, abandonment, ACOA issues.
5) Unrealistic expectations of a relationship. (To "fix" them hoặc solve their problems.)
6) Low Self-Esteem.

"I infuriate myself," he đã đưa ý kiến gently. "The way I can't seem to keep from putting bạn in danger. My very existence puts bạn at risk. Sometimes I truly hate myself. I should be stronger, I should be able to --"
I put my hand over his mouth. "Don't." (Twilight, page 336)

7) Rush in to relationships. "About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn't know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in tình yêu with him." (Twilight, page 195. The tiếp theo day, they become a couple. If teenage Bella is confessing "unconditional and irrevocable love" for a vampire she's known three months, who she KNOWS wants to eat her, she's definitely enabling.)
9) Exhibit controlling behavior.

We were near the parking lot now. I veered left, toward my truck. Something caught my jacket, yanking me back.
"Where do bạn think you're going?" he asked, outraged. He was gripping a fistful of my áo khoác in one hand.
I was confused. "I'm going home."
"Didn't bạn hear me promise to take bạn safely home? Do bạn think I'm going to let bạn drive in your condition? His voice was still indignant.
"What condition? And what about my truck?" I complained.
"I'll have Alice drop it off after school." He was towing me toward his car now, pulling me bởi my jacket. It was all I could do to keep from falling backward. He'd probably just drag me along anyway if I did.
"Let go!" I insisted. He ignored me. I staggered along sideways across the wet sidewalk until we reached the Volvo. Then he finally freed me - I stumbled against the passenger door.
"You are so pushy!" I grumbled. (Twilight, pages 103-4).

10) Have unrealistic expectations hoặc demands.
11) Use isolation to keep bạn centered on them.
12) Believe in male supremacy and the stereotyped masculine role in the family. (It should be noted here that this is clearly where Stephanie Meyer's Mormon background permeates best. She reinforces stereotypical gender roles in which the stronger man must protect and support the dependant woman. Edward practically oozes this stereotype.)
13) Use of force during sex.

His eyes tightened. "How badly are bạn hurt, Bella? The truth - don't try to downplay it."
...
"Look at yourself, Bella. Then tell me I'm not a monster."
Wounded, shocked, I followed his instruction unthinkingly and then gasped.
What had happened to me? I couldn't make sense of the fluffy white snow that clung to my skin. I shook my head, and a cascade of white drifted out of my hair.
I pinched one soft white bit between my fingers. It was a piece of down.
"Why am I covered in feathers?" I asked, confused.
He exhaled impatiently. "I bit a pillow. hoặc two. That's not what I'm talking about."
...
Under the dusting of feathers, large purple bruises were beginning to blossom across the pale skin of my arm. My eyes followed the trail they made up to my shoulder and then down across my ribs. I uplled my hand free to poke at the discoloration of my left forearm, watching it fade where I touched it and then reappear. It throbbed a little. (Breaking Dawn, 87-89.)

14) Threats of Violence

He lowered the automatic window and leaned toward me across the seat. "Get in, Bella."
I didn't answer. I was mentally calculating my chances of reaching the truck before he could catch me. I had to admit, they weren't good.
"I'll just drag bạn back," he threatened, guessing my plan. (Twilight, page 104).

15) Have poor communication skills. (At least, this was the impression I got from the movie.)
16) Exhibit cruelty to động vật hoặc children. (Note: I was tempted to bold this, due to the fact that Edward is a "vegetarian"-- someone needs to tell that boy that real vegetarians don't eat meat hoặc blood of any kind, hence the "vege" root of the word. But since he has no qualms about draining động vật of their blood, I want to say it counts as animal cruelty. But I feel it would take away from the seriousness of all my other arguments).

If bạn have never read Twilight, and/or have listened to me rant about why Edward and Bella's relationship is a very bad example of "true love" for young girls, I hope this sheds a little light onto the situation, hoặc at least on why I hold that opinion. The funny thing is, a character like this in teen literature wouldn't bother me so much, if the teen literature wasn't so popular. The fact that so many girls are idolizing Edward Cullen, and wishing that they were the simpering Bella Swan, disturbs me enough to compile this list.

I am against book banning of any kind. Indeed, I'll go so far as to say that I'm glad that kids are reading, even if they are đọc Twilight. But I urge parents, teachers, and anyone with common sense, to explain to their kids that Edward is not the type of man bạn want to get involved with, and why.

Following this conversation, and when the kids are finished đọc Twilight, hiển thị your young girls some good ol' Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hoặc encourage them to read sách like Levine's "Ella Enchanted," Burnett's "The Secret Garden" hoặc "A Little Princess," hoặc even Fitzhugh's "Harriet the Spy," to hiển thị them real role models.
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He’s looking at me like – well, like he wants to look at me. Like he likes what he sees, and he’s smiling and his eyes are so blue, even in the faint glow of the porch light they shine, and I nod dumbly, blindly, then grope for the door handle, telling myself to look away and not yet able to do it.
“Sarah,” he says, softly, almost hesitantly, and my tim, trái tim slam bangs, beating hard, and this is what it’s like to want someone bạn can’t have. To want someone bạn shouldn’t even be looking at.
Sarah is in quite the predicament. She’s riding that rollercoaster of first tình yêu – the...
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 I tình yêu to read!
I love to read!
Hi guys, I would like to write down some of my favourite sách that I had previously and currently reading.

The Harry Potter Series

I tình yêu Harry Potter series, because it's very intrigue and I tình yêu J.K Rowling's style of writing. She's one of the inspiration in writing! So salute to her and will read the latest Harry Potter book once it comes out.

The Chronicles of Narnia

I had always thought that this is even better than Harry Potter because it's thêm extraordinary and has thêm suspense.
However, one of the things that I was disappointed that Susan Pevensie did not tham gia the gang in 'The Last...
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 The Book, I loved it.
The Book, I loved it.
Starcrossed.

Helen Hamilton has always tried to hide how different she is—no easy feat on an island as small as Nantucket, and only getting harder as she finds herself haunted bởi hallucinations and vivid nightmares.

It's not until she crosses paths with Lucas Delos at school that Helen's true heritage is finally revealed. Yet even as Lucas helps her awaken to her startling powers, they can never be together—not unless they can break free from the tragic destiny the Three Fates have in store.
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