...A.) 1. The Host- Stephanie Meyer – Read whole book Speak- Lauren Halse Anderson - Read 28 pages Vampire Academy (#1)- Richelle Mead – Read 39 pages Charlotte’s Web- E.B White- Read whole book 2. I choose this order because the easiest book I read was Charlotte’s Web so that goes at the bottom. The hardiest one goes at the top. This was in my opinion of how hard the books I read were. 3. My favorite book was The Host. This was my favorite because it was very interesting and I didn’t know what the author’s next move was going to be. This book made me keep flipping pages and reading. My second favorite book was Vampire Academy. I love books with mystery and romance. This book was exactly that. Also I’m in love with movies or books with vampires! 4. 878/10 = 87.8 pages per week I noticed that I read better at home than school. This is because I’m less distracted. B.) Personally I love reading. Especially when it’s something I’m interested in or about someone I look up too. I love reading romance books. I also like mystery because it’s just very interesting to me and you never know what’s going to happen next. I enjoyed reading in class because it gave us time to relax and not write as much. I learned about myself that I read better when I’m comfortable under my blanket at home than a hard chair at school. I could suggest that you should let the students read outside more because that was fun! C. 1. Yes, I meet my trimester personal goals. I finished...
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...Twilight The Twilight Saga is a film series based on the novels and a series of four vampire-based fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. The main characters of Twilight are Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Bella Swan is friendly, selfless and clumsy. She always fell and hurt herself accidentally or get into dangerous situations daily. Edward Cullen is frozen in his 17 years old body. He was changed into a vampire by Dr. Carlisle Cullen after Edward's mother, Elizabeth, begged him to save Edward as her dying wish. Edward has a special ability to read minds. Twilight is a story of Bella Swan and the vampire she falls in love with, Edward Cullen. Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington, to live with her father, Charlie. First day of her school, she sees Edward Cullen in cafeteria. Edward is attractive and almost unhumanly beautiful. Edward and his family have lived in Forks for two years but they never be accepted by the townsfolk. He is so different to other peoples. Soon, Bella Swan in love with Edward Cullen. One day, Bella learns from family friend Jacob Black that Quileute legends say the Cullen family are vampires. Realizing Edward is vampire changes nothing for Bella, she knows that she still loves him even if he is not human. For Edward his love for Bella is both a delight. A delight because she is the first person he has loved since he was made a vampire. Bella wish to become a vampire but Edward is unwilling to change Bella...
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...Twilight (series) |Twilight | |[pic] | |Complete set of the four books | |of the Twilight series and the spin-off novella, The Short Second Life of Bree| |Tanner. | |Twilight | |New Moon | |Eclipse | |Breaking Dawn | |Author |Stephenie Meyer | |Country |United States | |Language |English | |Genre |Romance, fantasy, young-adult fiction | |Publisher |Little, Brown and Company | |Published |2005–2008 | |Media type |Print | Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl...
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...There is a new war happening all over the world, but it is not world war three. It is a war that is waging between the fans of two extremely popular book series that have also made their way to the big screen and in to our homes. The fans of the Harry potter series and the fans of The Twilight Saga are feuding over which one is better. I have seen words thrown back and forth on social media sites such as facebook and twitter that you would think would belong to people arguing over some important political issue or something along those lines. Harry Potter and Twilight are two of the biggest selling franchises and should both be treated equally by the fans of either. Harry Potter is a seven book series written by author J.K. Rowling that takes place in Europe, in a magical fantasy version of today’s reality. The series targets older children and young adults, but has grown into a phenomenal fad that has fans from one to one hundred. The story follows a young boy, Harry Potter, throughout his years at a school for witchcraft and wizardry. The story line has ups and downs, twists and turns and details that bring the world of Harry Potter to life right in front of your eyes. The Twilight Saga is a four book series written by author Stephanie Meyer that takes place in Forks, Washington. This series targets a little older audience than Harry Potter does, reaching out to teenage readers and older. While the fan base for this series might not reach as young of a crowd, it definitely...
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...irrevocably in love with him,” says Bella Swan in Twilight (Meyer 195). This sums up the major points of this book – vampires, love and self-control. Many parents feel that Twilight portrays unhealthy relationships and creates celebrity idol worship, both of which are believed to have a powerfully negative effect on society. These two people came together no differently than any normal human beings get together in high school, with mutual interests, like their knowledge of biology and their taste in music. Twilight encourages abstinence until marriage, and although the final novel, Breaking Dawn, has some underlying sexual themes, they purely pertain to the plot and are not described in scenes, only referenced to. Still, the books are far cleaner than what’s found in other books written for the same age range, television, movies, and magazines. The relationship between Bella and Edward is based on mostly compassion instead of the physical relationship that is portrayed on television. The media argues that all Twilight readers are infatuated with Edward Cullen, and buff hard body Jacob, yet most of the readers of the Twilight saga are not unhealthily obsessed with the characters or actors portraying them. Celebrity fixation has always been a part of teen culture, and hasn’t every generation had a teen heartthrob, do we remember, Elvis, Shawn Cassidy, The Beetles, New Kids of the Block? The New York Times review stated, "The premise of Twilight is attractive and compelling — who hasn't...
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...In 2005, almost every female on Earth has the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyers. But yet, I don’t have a copy of that book myself. So what’s so special about this particular book that even the New York Times claims it to be the best seller? I’ve decided to go to Barnes and Noble and bought myself the famous first book of the Twilight Saga: Twilight. To me, the cover looks very plain, but also very mysterious. It makes me wonder why all these girls from ages 15 would and over wants to read a book that has a pair of hands holding a red apple. It made me feel like something is killing the innocence of something. Anyways, so as soon as I got my hands on that book, I actually didn’t bother to read the back of the book. I honestly think the book is going to be boring and pointless to even waste my time on. I don’t think I’m suppose to spoil this for anyone but Twilight is basically about this girl named Bella left her hometown to live with her dad in Forks for a while. She started going to school in Forks and met Edward, which sooner or later found out that Edward is a vampire and him and his family have been living there for centuries. I actually like this book because of the story line creating an image in your head that makes you feel like you are actually in it. Over all this is a pretty good...
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...Stephenie Meyer How many people know who Stephenie Meyer is? To be honest I do not know but if you have ever seen the Twilight movies then you should know that they were created from her books. Stephenie Meyer is the author of a couple of books, she came up with the idea for Twilight in a dream, and wrote it while her sons and husband were asleep. Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight book series including: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. She is also the author of The Host. Her sister is the one who encouraged her to submit the manuscript to many different agencies ( Newsmakers Vol 1). After that Twilight was published and became # 5 on The New York Times bestsellers list in 2005. In 2006 New Moon came out and was...
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...NEW MOON New Moon is the second book that integrates part of the Twilight Saga written by Stephenie Meyer. Definitely a book that can steal more than a tear. The story is well known for the films that have come out, but definitely the book is a totally different experience. It all begins with Bella's 18th birthday, the protagonist. Its not a very good day for her because she ages older than Edward, her boyfriend. Although Bella does not want celebrate her birthday, Edward and his sister Alice, which become friends in Twilight, the first book in the series, manage to convince her to go to the Cullen house. Bella's birthday ends in a disaster when Bella cuts her finger opening a gift. This bleeding makes Jasper uncontrollable and attacks her, however he doesn’t get close enough to bit her. Edward gets to the conclusion that Bella would be better off without him, so he leaves a dramatic message saying: ITWILL AS IF I'D NEVER EXISTED. Bella goes into an intense depression that last a few months where she does not want to spend time with anyone, she just thinks about Edward 24 hours a day. During those months she resigns and begins to approach Jacob, feeling a little comfort to her pain. With him she did very dangerous things, but everything had a reason, she so masochistic that every time she risked her life she would hear the voice of her beloved Edward. Jacob was about to become the Bella's best friend when he started to ignore her calls. Unable to understand...
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...During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles. Choose a scene from movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper, (excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze the mise-en-scène. used this type of lighting because of the significant effects it would present in the scene (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011). When the movie starts, Aro the leader of the Volturi is fascinated when he sees Bella is immune to all the vampire’s amazing powers the lighting looks hazy with smoky appearance. The lighting defines Aro making him stand out more; his eyes were noticeable blood shoot red while the appearance of Marcus and Caius were a bit blurred. I thought the lighting of the scene evokes fear, worry, and death of Bella and Edward. The use of back lighting made the focus on Belle clearer which gives me the impression that the director wanted to show the dissimilar of dead and living highlights to detail features of Bella’s rosy cheekbone. By using low-key lighting, this allows the film to have huge amounts of shadow which create a lot of intensity in the overall storyline of the film. The director’s choices of lighting create depth in the structure giving...
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...The Final Chapter Deanna Schneider ENG 225 Instructor Danielle Day May 14, 2013 Breaking Dawn is the long awaited and highly anticipated end to the compelling tale of what seems to be an impossible romance between the immortal Edward Cullen and the irresistible human Bella Swan. Beginnings can be tricky, but Twilight got this series off to a fantastic start with its modern day fairy tale quality and heart stopping romance. Bella seems to be pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black She has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice, to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life, has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella’s life – first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse – seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed… forever? The setting of this book is in a rainy town in Washington called Forks, where Edward Cullen, a gorgeous “good” vampire, first dazzled Isabella Swan, an average human being. After facing many complications to their relationship, they realize that they want nothing more than to keep the...
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...Title: Elements of Illusion Course: ENG225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Jonathan Belle Author: Amanda Manley Date: 3/20/2014 During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles. Choose a scene from movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper, (excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze the miser-en-scène. Used this type of lighting because of the significant effects it would present in the scene (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011). When the movie starts, Aro the leader of the Volturi is fascinated when he sees Bella is immune to all the vampire’s amazing powers the lighting looks hazy with smoky appearance. The lighting defines Aro making him stand out more; his eyes were noticeable blood shoot red while the appearance of Marcus and Caius were a bit blurred. I thought the lighting of the scene evokes fear, worry, and death of Bella and Edward. The use of back lighting made the focus on Belle clearer which gives me the impression that the director wanted to show the dissimilar of dead and living highlights to detail features of Bella’s rosy cheekbone. By using low-key lighting, this allows the film to have huge amounts of shadow which...
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...Twilight People that are compose of students, high educated, house wife, read the book s and novels first, and then go out to see the movies just to be able to put an image on what they had already imagine by reading the book. I personally have not read any of these books or novels in relation to the twilight saga, and not even watch any of the movies. However, curiosity has taken over me because I see so much propaganda about this new movie the Breaking Dawn that I have decided that in order to be able to see this movie that many are talking about I needed to get familiar with the whole drama from the beginning. That’s how I get to Twilight the very first movie, one of the reason why I didn’t have interest of the movie was because being a fictions movie, the setting is not that appealing well I guess we are talking about vampire and they can’t be in the light, so I guess it is not appealing to me watching movie with dark backgrounds, I guess living in Washington state is not either a place to be if you are a happy outgoing person they said if you want to be depress move to the west coast. The movie takes place in a small town called Forks in the state of Washington which claim to have populations of 3,120. The town seems to be very heartwarming where everyone knows each other and good things are the only thing that happens. Bella which is the star of the movies decides to move there with her dad whom happen to be the chief of police in the town she starts attending school...
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...know it. Yahirim said that she loves when all her family gets together because she got a big family and when the weekend comes she is really happy because all her family gets together and she always enjoy to be in Mexicali with them because they are so funny. She almost peed herself one time because she could not stop laughing. Yahirim loves pop music and banda but the one singer that she really likes is Taylor Swift and she really like her latest album her favorite song from that album is Wildest Dreams she is always singing that song even though Taylor Swift sometimes changes her lyrics in this song. She loves to hang out with her friends when she got free time she likes to go to the movies with them. Her favorite movies are the Twilight saga. Her major is nursing she...
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...NOTE: This review is the fair and unbiased opinion of someone with extremely little knowledge of the Twilight series. I watched the movie with a few die hard fans who I talked to after the movie, and I will work some of their thoughts into the review. Another much loved book series has been brought to life in the form of Twilight, which despite having nothing in common with the Harry Potter series, will undoubtedly draw comparisons because of the furor and craze surrounding it. The main difference between the two, however, is that the Harry Potter films are generally good and solid films. Twilight, despite having done a couple things right, is not. As a story, I will admit, Twilight is very catchy and interesting. Now I see what all the hype is about. If I was a young girl, I would go nuts over this stuff too. It's not just a vampire and a human falling in love with each other, but because of the two leads, it's one of the best on screen romances of the decade. This, however, is severely hurt by the fact that Twilight boasts easily some of the worst writing and editing I've ever seen. Let's not forget about the horrid VFX and pasty makeup, either. It's one of the cheesiest films of the year, and can definitely be put in the category of "so bad it's ALMOST good". Yes, I just invented that category. The 'allure' of the film appears to be the character played by Robert Pattinson, who ironically was previously known for his role in the Harry Potter series. Pattinson succeeded...
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...The book New moon is a romantic fantasy novel written by Stephanie Meyer. Bella lives in rainy Forks, Washington with her dad, (Charlie.) She spent an amazing summer with her vampire boyfriend, Edward, and now it’s time to go back to school. She also just turned eighteen. This gives her the sore reminder that her human clock is ticking while Edward will always be young and handsome. To Bella’s major sorrow, Edward still refuses to turn her into a vampire. When something that could have been terrible happens to Bella, Edward moves and leaves her behind. However just as the new moon is the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, Bella is exploring the darkest part of her nature by taking on risky adventures. When Alice, (Edward’s sister) talks the rest of the Cullen’s into throwing a birthday party for Bella at their house, Bella becomes clumsy and not so carefully unwraps a birthday present and Bella gets a paper cut. Jasper is still struggling with this new diet (not feeding form human blood) he loses what little control he has and attacks Bella. Edward has to come to rescue to fight his brother Jasper off his girlfriend. The boys fight all around the house and leaves Bella there with her new wound that is gushing of blood. Edward’s dad, Carlisle is a doctor and is immune to the smell of human blood; he hurries to stitch up Bella gaping wound. While Bella says that the Jasper incident was a minor family quarrel, Edward is clearly upset and withdraws emotionally from Bella. On a...
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