Outside Reading Post #2

In Twilight, the characters have struggles and conflicts. To begin with I think Bella’s worst struggle so far was when Jacob Black, a boy from the reservation, told her a story about werewolves, Quileutes, and “cold ones”, vampires, indicating that the “cold ones” are the Cullens, Edward’s adoptive family. In his story, Jacob indicates that the “cold ones” are not supposed to be dangerous, but they are still not allowed on the reservation. Bella struggles to grasp the fact that Edward might be a vampire. There is a conflict within her mind as to whether she should still be with Edward, but in the end she realizes that it does not matter whether he is a vampire or not because even if he is she will not leave him. She says “I decided it didn’t matter” (184).
Edward has his own conflict raging within. He knows that though he does not attack humans and he loves Bella and wishes to stay with her, he is still a danger to her because, as Bella informs us at the end of the chapter, he “thirsts for my blood” (195).