The selection I chose was "New Moon".
In the
first chapter of this selection we are Bella dreams of her grandmother who died
a couple of years prior. Her boyfriend, Edward, enters the dream and she soon
realizes the figure isn’t her grandmother but in fact it’s her. This symbolizes
her fear of growing old, considering it’s her birthday. She still lives in
Forks with her father Charlie, and is still in debate about her “transformation”
into a vampire with her boyfriend. Bella goes to school to find out that Alice
has planned a birthday party for her and begs her not to ruin the event with
her misery. Before the party, Bella and
Edward watch Romeo and Juliet for English class. From here he speaks of how he’d
go to the vampire authority, The Volturi, to kill him if anything detrimental ever
happened Bella. Edward explains who the
Volturi are and his proposition to Bella; she becomes furious. She makes him
promise to never think of such things. On their way to the birthday party, Edward
asks Bella what she wants for her birthday and her response is to become a
vampire. As they arrive Bella is horrified with the over the top celebration,
and while opening a gift she cuts herself. Jasper tries to attack Bella due to
the smell of blood. Edward fights him off but getting caught in the crossfire
Bella further injures herself. My reaction to reading this selection was
surprised, I didn’t expect for Bella to be attacked in such a harsh manner. The
author’s intent was to lure the reader into the story with a dramatic
introduction. Some patterns of organization I observed were cause and effect
organization.
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