Interpreting The Characters

Authors Note: This is my Point Of View essay. I decided to do this essay on Twilight because I think that the book would be very different if it was told in a different point of view. 

In Twilight, Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington and meets a vampire named Edward Cullen; they fall in love and face the consequences of being together. They do anything to be with each other, even in life or death situations. The novel is written in Bella’s point of view. From her perspective, she doesn’t care that everything around her is dangerous and life threatening: she just wants to be with Edward. In the book Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, 17 year-old Bella Swan’s point of view affects how readers feel about certain characters and events.

Bella’s point of view affects readers interpretation of the character’s because what we think about them is mainly what Bella perceives them as. Such as the character Rosalie Hale. Bella thinks that Rosalie does not like her, since she is always giving her evil glares. But if the story were to be told in Rosalie’s point of view, then we would know what she really thinks about Bella. The readers know and feel how much Bella loves Edward, and how much she wants to be with him. When Bella meets Edward for the first time in Biology class, she doesn’t know what is wrong with Edward because he looks very disgusted by her. Bella thinks that she smells bad, but if the book was told in Edwards point of view, we would know that it was just because her blood smelled good; he wasn’t able to hear her thoughts either.

If Twilight were to be told in Edwards point of view, readers would be able to feel the amount of self-control that Edward has to have in order to be around Bella. Readers would also be able to learn more about Edward’s past and the thoughts of the other characters: since he has the ability to read minds. When the evil vampire James is on the hunt to try and kill Bella, Edward is furious. If it was told in Edward’s perspective, we would know how frustrated he was with James, and how much he wanted to keep Bella safe.

17 year-old Bella Swan’s point of view affects how readers feel about certain events and characters in the novel Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. In many books, if the point of view is changed then the whole story can end up being different. If Twilight were to be told in a different point of view, readers would interpret characters and events in a completely different way.