Okay. I'm going TRY to be thorough, and express my reasons in a clear way. If there's something আপনি think is wrong অথবা incorrect, feel free to বিতর্ক that point.
PART I:PLOT
The plot of the book is like the structure of a building-without it, the book is moot. Both HP and T have simple plots (Girl falls in প্রণয় with a vampire, boy discovers he's a wizard).
However, HP (In my opinion) is unpredictable, whereas Twilight is very predictable.
In fact, (I swear this is true) I had a person who'd never read the Twilight বই before, watched the movies, and had barely known the series existed, read book one of Twilight. (Just book one!) I then asked them to predict how the series would end. They guessed:
"Edward and Bella willl get married and have a baby দ্বারা accident. She'll turn into a vampire, and then the baby will cause some sort of dilemma. There will be a fight and the Cullens will win."
I was flabbergasted! (What an amazing word, flabbergasted is!) They'd just predicted the basic plot of Breaking Dawn!
However, I don't think anyone who hadn't read the বই অথবা watched the চলচ্চিত্র before could have seen it coming that Quirrel was working with Voldemort অথবা Harry was the final horcrux. The answer to the mystery wasn't slammed in your face, but subtle hints were প্রদত্ত throughout the book. Who knew the fact that Quirrel fell over during the Quidditch match had such great signifigance? The answer to each mystery is astonishing and unexpected yet believable because JKR was giving us hints the whole time.
POINT B. The answer to each "mystery" in Twilight is slammed in our faces দ্বারা chapter Six. Let's see:
-Edward is ice cold
-He is absent to school on sunny days
-He has incredible speed and strength
-He CASUALLY REMARKS ABOUT THE SMELL OF BLOOD in the chapter of Twilight where Bella faints during blood donations
DEFINITELY NOT A VAMPIRE!
-Jacob is "out with the boys" the দিন strange large নেকড়ে are being sighted
-Bella sees a নেকড়ে that reminds her of Jacob
DEFINITELY NOT A WEREWOLF!
-A vampire has entered Bella's room
-Clothes with her scent on them are gone from the house
HOWEVER, Bella doesn't piece together the fact that a vampire probably took the clothes with her scent on them so other ভ্যাম্পায়ার can track her until about four (or is it seven?) chapters later.
Hey, in Harry Potter, the solutions aren't jammed in our faces. We don't get scenes of Harry wondering if he's the final horcrux before it is revealed; nor do we get passages where Ginnny is seen walking as if she's possessed down the hallway carrying a diary with a red substance on her clothes before it is revealed she's being possessed দ্বারা Tom Riddle. Subtle clues are what we get. Ginny "looking fearfully from him to the diary" seemed insignificant in the scene where Harry hexes Draco in the hallway.
The clues are so subtle, the hints so hidden, that the solution is surprising, yet, when we look back at the clues, we think "I should've known." That never happened to me while I was পাঠ করা Twilight, because what Stephenie Meyer considers "clever foreshadowing" I consider "revealing the answer to the mystery eighty-seven pages before incapable Bella রাজহাঁস figures it out."
POINT C: Foreshadowing
In book 4 of the Harry Potter series, Dumbledore requests "Arabella Figg." Not much is thought of it until book five, where we remember that Arabella Figg is the old cat-lady who lives across the রাস্তা from Harry and is actually a squib. Mundungus Fletcher makes a special appearance in book 2 ("Mundungus tried to hex me while my back was turned..." says Mr. Weasley) before he comes into play in book 5. In book 1, Harry remarks "Bane reckons he should've let Voldemort kill me....I suppose that's written in the stars as well." Turns out, Voldemort does "kill" Harry in book 7. JKR knew, from the first book, how the series would end. For that, I give her props.
Other foreshadowing: The centaurs remark that "Mars is bright....unusually bright..." Mars was the Roman God of war. A bright Mars means war is evident, and a battle does break out some years later. Quirrel falling from his আসন as Hermione conjures the blue flame, Dumbledore's eyes "gleaming with triumph" when he discovers Voldemort took Harry's blood, the victim of the creature dying in the bathrooom, Professor Trelawney predicting Harry's death, Aunt পিটুনিয়া saying "I heard that boy telling her about them..."(The boy turned out to be Snape, not James). I could go on and on.
"Clever foreshadowing" in Twilight:
Jacob is becoming peculiar and is gone the দিন that strange নেকড়ে are sighted...Bella's life is saved দ্বারা a নেকড়ে which reminds her of Jacob. Stephenie Meyer does not think the answer to the mystery is evident yet, and continues to toss us extremely un-subtle hints, making it overwhelmingly obvious Jacob is a werewolf several chapters before the so-called "mystery" is solved.
POINT D: (Point D, Point-d, pointy!) Twilight's plot line is unoriginal. Stephenie Meyer is always trying to base her বই off greater works in order to make it seem better. To further drive the point প্রথমপাতা that she thinks her বই are just as good as the works of literature she bases them on, Meyer makes countless references to these works. In New Moon, Romeo and Juliet is either quoted, discussed, অথবা mentioned 23 times. She's recycling old plot lines; she takes an old book, adds a sparkly vampire অথবা two, lowers the quality of the writing,and changes the title. So many people have written about forbidden love; there have been countless vampire romance novels; there are so MANY Romeo & Juliet stories out there.
HP, on the other hand, has an original plot line. It's not based on another book. JKR didn't try to pretend that her works were better than classic books; she didn't recycle an overused plot line.
PART II:Characters
If plot is the structure of a building, then characters are the walls and floors: the plot is bare and pointless without them.
POINT A: Hermione vs. Bella (Female lead)
Hermione is a strong character. Not strong in the sense that she can beat a vampire in arm wrestling, but emotionally strong. Ron, her love, leaves her. She's upset. She cries every night, but pulls herself together so that she can save the world. She doesn't whine অথবা complain when she has lots of homework, অথবা when people are prejudiced against her because she is muggle-born.
Bella is not a strong character. Edward, her **love** leaves her. She goes into zombie mode, cries for four months, and makes NO effort to সরানো on. She whines and complains whenever she can. She gets a new car and whines because it's old and whines because it's loud. She gets বন্ধু that she shouldn't have and whines because they like to talk to her and whines because they like her and whines because Mike is a কুকুরছানা dog and whines because Eric likes her and whines because none of them look beautiful like Edward and whines because she gets birthday gifts and whines because she gets to marry Edward and whines because she has to do math and whines because everyone loves her but one person.
Hermione is independant. She knows that she doesn't need a man to run her life. She fights for her freedom, for her rights! She supports Ron and Harry; she always provides the clue that solves the mystery. Her spellwork saves their lives many times; she never hides behind Ron as he fights for her. She gets angry when Ron returns, after causing her such strong emotional pain in DH.
Bella NEEDS a man. Everything she does she does to please a guy. When she wakes up, she puts on nice clothes so that her boyfriend will think she looks nice. She rides in her boyfriend's car to school to make him happy. She gets good grades in school to please Charlie. Then, she goes out with Jessica অথবা Angela to please Charlie. Then, she goes over to Jacob so he doesn't feel left out. She lets Edward drive her প্রথমপাতা so that he doesn't feel concerned for her safety. She cooks and cleans for Charlie. Then, she stays up to talk to her boyfriend to make him happy, and then falls asleep because she knows he likes to watch her sleep. After Edward causes her heartache and pain, she welcomes him back with smiles and rainbows and unicorns!
Hermione has hobbies, interests, and goals. She reads, writes, knits, campaigns for equal rights, and wants a career in magical law enforcement. She wants to get a good education. She is a three-D character. She also is aware that.....that there are আরো important things in life than স্নেহ চুম্বন your boyfriend.
Bella has no hobbies, interests (besides Edward) অথবা goals (besides being with Edward.) She doesn't play sports. She's not serious about school, she never really studies. We get one scene of her পাঠ করা a book, so that's not an interest either. She has no goals; she doesn't want to go to college, and she doesn't want any kind of job. She's not three-dimensional; with no goals অথবা interests she doesn't seem like a real person. She doesn't care if everyone around her dies, as long as she can make out with Edward.
Hermione has depth. We know her background; we know her parents were dentists and they loved the idea of magic. We know she tries her hardest to learn all she can. We know her parents don't let her use magic on her teeth and all she gets are sugar-free sweets. We know she reads over the summer. We know she loves her parents, because she jumps through hoops to keep them safe. We know that people are prejudiced towards her for being muggle-born, and that she wants everyone to have equal rights.
All we know about Bella's past is that Renee and Charlie broke up and now Renee's dating Phil. That's pretty much it. She has no real background. She has about as much depth as a মোজা puppet with eyes drawn on it in sharpie marker.
Hermione is not a Mary Sue. She has flaws, like a real person would. She's bossy and can be quite conceited. However, she is still a good person. She campaigns for house-elf rights. She sacrifices her প্রণয় for Ron to save the world.
Bella IS a Mary Sue. She has no personality flaws; she is INTENDED to be perfect! She's beautiful, and kind, and graceful and OH SO SELFLESS! She's the best-est girl on the planet! Fact is, she's so Mary Sue-ish she's a cariacature. Bella finds out a mad, revenge-seeking vampire is seeking her so that Bella can be slowly, maddeningly tortured. Who knows what the vampire will do? Slowly rip each limb off? Use the Cruciatus curse? Slice যেভাবে খুশী chunks of her body with razor sharp teeth? Terrible torture! But oh-so-seflish-Bella thinks "What about Charlie?" Truth is, if আপনি were facing slow and torturous death, even a generally selfless person will worry about their lives for a while. No real person will worry about the guy পরবর্তি to them when THEY are the ones in real danger.
Hermione is self-less. She sacrifices her প্রণয় for Ron to save the world. She sacrifices her education, which she values so much, to save the world. She pushes on, going on daring missions; the fate of the wizarding world is আরো important than her life.
Bella is not self-less. She has a choice-Stay with Edward and make yourself happy....or leave Edward, and make everyone around আপনি happy. Instead of sacrificing her প্রণয় for the safety of her বন্ধু and family, she decides to make herself happy. Anyone who dislikes her is a Q#$(@#%! because she is আরো important than anyone else.
Hermione wins দ্বারা KO.
POINT B: Harry vs. Edward
Like Hermione, Harry is strong. He endures torments and troubles-like having to walk to his own death-in silence. He is forced to leave Ginny, who he loves deeply, and though he's troubled and upset, he doesn't give up on life.
Edward leaves Bella. This was his choice. He complains to her, once they are reunited, that he had to "FORCE" himself to exist. He NEEDED an obsequious person to compliment his sparkles every day.
Harry has hobbies, interests, and goals. He plays quidditch, wants to get a good education, and participated in a dueling club. His goal in life was to become an auror.
What are Edward's hobbies, interests, and goals? Well, he doesn't rigorously practice অথবা seem very concerned with vampire baseball, and he doesn't seem to read much. He plays the piano, but so does everyone else in the Cullen family. He has absolutely NO goals. আপনি see, a real person has hobbies, interests, and goals. Since novels are supposed to mirror reality, fictional characters should have hobbies, interests, and goals, too.
Harry is brave. He fights against all odds. Knowing he's going to die, he stands up and tries to defend himself. He risks his life to save Sirius, and almost gets himself killed saving Cedric's body. He fights battles knowing he may die অথবা lose; he stands up to Voldemort even when there's no chance of survival. THAT, my friends, is bravery.
Whenver Edward prepares to fight, he always knows he will win. "Don't worry....this will be easy." Edward tells Bella in Eclipse. Wow, way to add suspense, assuring the reader that everything will be all right. The only battle Edward was reluctant to যোগদান was the one against the Volturi. Why? Because he knew he was going to lose. Does Edward ever stand up to someone much আরো powerful than him, who could kill him in an instant? Does Edward ever risk his own life? NOPE.
Harry is selfless. He cares about his friends. He risks his life to save his godfather in OOTP and Ginny during COS. He also walked coolly to his own death in order to save the world. That is selflessness.
Edward could use those powers of his to save lives. However, he only wants to save one person:Bella. If it was Eric about to be killed দ্বারা the van, would Edward has saved him? No. All he cares about is keeping himself happy and content. Bella makes him happy, so Edward keeps her alive. Eric doesn't affect him, so Edward would let him die.
Harry wins
POINT C: Ron vs. Jacob (Friend of main character)
First off, we know a lot of Ron's past. We know he's the youngest boy in a large, struggling family, and that he's always being overshadowed. We know he's poor, and his brothers can be teasing and mean, and that he's deathly afraid of spiders. We know his dad is a little loopy (he collects plugs!) We know he's a pure-blood and lives in a towering, leaning house. He has a background, a past, and we know much of his family.
All we know of Jacob's past is his mother died in a car crash and his father named Billy is in a wheelchair.
Ron wins...................
Luna vs. Alice: Odd character
Luna is tough and strong. Her mother died, but she still looks at the world in a positive way. The odd creatures she thinks up are amazing; I want to see what the heck a "Blibbering Humdringer" is. She's imaginative, and a real dreamer, she accepts the impossible. She's still a strong fighter and she's independant.
Alice.....well, we know she was in an insane asylum, but that's all we really know of her past. She has no odd beliefs অথবা weird sayings. She never fights; it's only the men in Twilight who go out to battle.
LUNA...................
Point Whatever: Dumbledore vs. Carlise (Wise guys!)
Dumbledore suffered trauma in his youth; half his family died before he turned 20. He made mistakes, and grew wiser because of them. He's a mentor to Harry; he teaches him what he needs to know to defeat Voldemort and provides him with help when he needs it. He has hundreds of বই and machines he's invented; he is a very learned person.
We're told Carlisle is very wise and learned, but where's the proof? He hasn't invented any new machine অথবা made discoveries of any kind. He doesn't mentor Edward অথবা help him on his quest to be with Bella.
Dumbledore!
FINALLLY.......
Bella রাজহাঁস is a self-insert character. How does that work? If an লেখক writes "Bella sat down to breakfast" but does not describe the elements of breakfast, the reader who eats ফলমূল loops will understand Bella রাজহাঁস to be doing the same. If Stephenie Meyer does not describe what Bella does all দিন after school, the reader (subconsciously) inserts details from his অথবা her own life to fill the gap. THat is why people think they can relate to Bella Swan.
Part III:Views Presented and Morals
POINT A: In Twilight, the pretty people are put on a pedastal and worshipped দ্বারা every character. Renesmee is a thing which goes out at night to eat innocent জন্তু জানোয়ার though she prefers human blood but that's OKAY because she looks beautiful. Edward is a mass murderer/serial killer and he enjoys the flavor of an endangered animal's blood but that's FINE because he has a "granite nose." Who cares about Eric, the valedictorian? Brains don't matter, beauty does! Only nice-looking people get to be good guys.
In Harry Potter, no one is really extremely gorgeous. However, that doesn't matter! They don't need good looks to save the world! Also, none of the main characters have intentionally killed a human being.
Also,(this ticks me off) All Twilight characters are stereotypes. Bella happily cooks and cleans and thinks about her boyfriend while her manly father watches the game and polishes his gun. All blondes are #@$#%y (Lauren, Rosalie) Come on!
Fleur's blonde, and she's no idiot; women go out into battle. Females and males fight side be side; it's not always the man who goes to work and the women who washes the dishes.
Twilight promotes the idea that your first "love" is your true love, and if they leave আপনি it means they প্রণয় you. It promotes the idea that thinking someone's "hawt" is love.
In HP, relationships fail. Harry and Cho got in a relationship; however they later broke up. Ron and Lavender's প্রণয় was much like Edward and Bella's:obsessive and skin-deep-this relationship is not painted as love, but as the lust that it is.
I'm going to continue later.....
PART I:PLOT
The plot of the book is like the structure of a building-without it, the book is moot. Both HP and T have simple plots (Girl falls in প্রণয় with a vampire, boy discovers he's a wizard).
However, HP (In my opinion) is unpredictable, whereas Twilight is very predictable.
In fact, (I swear this is true) I had a person who'd never read the Twilight বই before, watched the movies, and had barely known the series existed, read book one of Twilight. (Just book one!) I then asked them to predict how the series would end. They guessed:
"Edward and Bella willl get married and have a baby দ্বারা accident. She'll turn into a vampire, and then the baby will cause some sort of dilemma. There will be a fight and the Cullens will win."
I was flabbergasted! (What an amazing word, flabbergasted is!) They'd just predicted the basic plot of Breaking Dawn!
However, I don't think anyone who hadn't read the বই অথবা watched the চলচ্চিত্র before could have seen it coming that Quirrel was working with Voldemort অথবা Harry was the final horcrux. The answer to the mystery wasn't slammed in your face, but subtle hints were প্রদত্ত throughout the book. Who knew the fact that Quirrel fell over during the Quidditch match had such great signifigance? The answer to each mystery is astonishing and unexpected yet believable because JKR was giving us hints the whole time.
POINT B. The answer to each "mystery" in Twilight is slammed in our faces দ্বারা chapter Six. Let's see:
-Edward is ice cold
-He is absent to school on sunny days
-He has incredible speed and strength
-He CASUALLY REMARKS ABOUT THE SMELL OF BLOOD in the chapter of Twilight where Bella faints during blood donations
DEFINITELY NOT A VAMPIRE!
-Jacob is "out with the boys" the দিন strange large নেকড়ে are being sighted
-Bella sees a নেকড়ে that reminds her of Jacob
DEFINITELY NOT A WEREWOLF!
-A vampire has entered Bella's room
-Clothes with her scent on them are gone from the house
HOWEVER, Bella doesn't piece together the fact that a vampire probably took the clothes with her scent on them so other ভ্যাম্পায়ার can track her until about four (or is it seven?) chapters later.
Hey, in Harry Potter, the solutions aren't jammed in our faces. We don't get scenes of Harry wondering if he's the final horcrux before it is revealed; nor do we get passages where Ginnny is seen walking as if she's possessed down the hallway carrying a diary with a red substance on her clothes before it is revealed she's being possessed দ্বারা Tom Riddle. Subtle clues are what we get. Ginny "looking fearfully from him to the diary" seemed insignificant in the scene where Harry hexes Draco in the hallway.
The clues are so subtle, the hints so hidden, that the solution is surprising, yet, when we look back at the clues, we think "I should've known." That never happened to me while I was পাঠ করা Twilight, because what Stephenie Meyer considers "clever foreshadowing" I consider "revealing the answer to the mystery eighty-seven pages before incapable Bella রাজহাঁস figures it out."
POINT C: Foreshadowing
In book 4 of the Harry Potter series, Dumbledore requests "Arabella Figg." Not much is thought of it until book five, where we remember that Arabella Figg is the old cat-lady who lives across the রাস্তা from Harry and is actually a squib. Mundungus Fletcher makes a special appearance in book 2 ("Mundungus tried to hex me while my back was turned..." says Mr. Weasley) before he comes into play in book 5. In book 1, Harry remarks "Bane reckons he should've let Voldemort kill me....I suppose that's written in the stars as well." Turns out, Voldemort does "kill" Harry in book 7. JKR knew, from the first book, how the series would end. For that, I give her props.
Other foreshadowing: The centaurs remark that "Mars is bright....unusually bright..." Mars was the Roman God of war. A bright Mars means war is evident, and a battle does break out some years later. Quirrel falling from his আসন as Hermione conjures the blue flame, Dumbledore's eyes "gleaming with triumph" when he discovers Voldemort took Harry's blood, the victim of the creature dying in the bathrooom, Professor Trelawney predicting Harry's death, Aunt পিটুনিয়া saying "I heard that boy telling her about them..."(The boy turned out to be Snape, not James). I could go on and on.
"Clever foreshadowing" in Twilight:
Jacob is becoming peculiar and is gone the দিন that strange নেকড়ে are sighted...Bella's life is saved দ্বারা a নেকড়ে which reminds her of Jacob. Stephenie Meyer does not think the answer to the mystery is evident yet, and continues to toss us extremely un-subtle hints, making it overwhelmingly obvious Jacob is a werewolf several chapters before the so-called "mystery" is solved.
POINT D: (Point D, Point-d, pointy!) Twilight's plot line is unoriginal. Stephenie Meyer is always trying to base her বই off greater works in order to make it seem better. To further drive the point প্রথমপাতা that she thinks her বই are just as good as the works of literature she bases them on, Meyer makes countless references to these works. In New Moon, Romeo and Juliet is either quoted, discussed, অথবা mentioned 23 times. She's recycling old plot lines; she takes an old book, adds a sparkly vampire অথবা two, lowers the quality of the writing,and changes the title. So many people have written about forbidden love; there have been countless vampire romance novels; there are so MANY Romeo & Juliet stories out there.
HP, on the other hand, has an original plot line. It's not based on another book. JKR didn't try to pretend that her works were better than classic books; she didn't recycle an overused plot line.
PART II:Characters
If plot is the structure of a building, then characters are the walls and floors: the plot is bare and pointless without them.
POINT A: Hermione vs. Bella (Female lead)
Hermione is a strong character. Not strong in the sense that she can beat a vampire in arm wrestling, but emotionally strong. Ron, her love, leaves her. She's upset. She cries every night, but pulls herself together so that she can save the world. She doesn't whine অথবা complain when she has lots of homework, অথবা when people are prejudiced against her because she is muggle-born.
Bella is not a strong character. Edward, her **love** leaves her. She goes into zombie mode, cries for four months, and makes NO effort to সরানো on. She whines and complains whenever she can. She gets a new car and whines because it's old and whines because it's loud. She gets বন্ধু that she shouldn't have and whines because they like to talk to her and whines because they like her and whines because Mike is a কুকুরছানা dog and whines because Eric likes her and whines because none of them look beautiful like Edward and whines because she gets birthday gifts and whines because she gets to marry Edward and whines because she has to do math and whines because everyone loves her but one person.
Hermione is independant. She knows that she doesn't need a man to run her life. She fights for her freedom, for her rights! She supports Ron and Harry; she always provides the clue that solves the mystery. Her spellwork saves their lives many times; she never hides behind Ron as he fights for her. She gets angry when Ron returns, after causing her such strong emotional pain in DH.
Bella NEEDS a man. Everything she does she does to please a guy. When she wakes up, she puts on nice clothes so that her boyfriend will think she looks nice. She rides in her boyfriend's car to school to make him happy. She gets good grades in school to please Charlie. Then, she goes out with Jessica অথবা Angela to please Charlie. Then, she goes over to Jacob so he doesn't feel left out. She lets Edward drive her প্রথমপাতা so that he doesn't feel concerned for her safety. She cooks and cleans for Charlie. Then, she stays up to talk to her boyfriend to make him happy, and then falls asleep because she knows he likes to watch her sleep. After Edward causes her heartache and pain, she welcomes him back with smiles and rainbows and unicorns!
Hermione has hobbies, interests, and goals. She reads, writes, knits, campaigns for equal rights, and wants a career in magical law enforcement. She wants to get a good education. She is a three-D character. She also is aware that.....that there are আরো important things in life than স্নেহ চুম্বন your boyfriend.
Bella has no hobbies, interests (besides Edward) অথবা goals (besides being with Edward.) She doesn't play sports. She's not serious about school, she never really studies. We get one scene of her পাঠ করা a book, so that's not an interest either. She has no goals; she doesn't want to go to college, and she doesn't want any kind of job. She's not three-dimensional; with no goals অথবা interests she doesn't seem like a real person. She doesn't care if everyone around her dies, as long as she can make out with Edward.
Hermione has depth. We know her background; we know her parents were dentists and they loved the idea of magic. We know she tries her hardest to learn all she can. We know her parents don't let her use magic on her teeth and all she gets are sugar-free sweets. We know she reads over the summer. We know she loves her parents, because she jumps through hoops to keep them safe. We know that people are prejudiced towards her for being muggle-born, and that she wants everyone to have equal rights.
All we know about Bella's past is that Renee and Charlie broke up and now Renee's dating Phil. That's pretty much it. She has no real background. She has about as much depth as a মোজা puppet with eyes drawn on it in sharpie marker.
Hermione is not a Mary Sue. She has flaws, like a real person would. She's bossy and can be quite conceited. However, she is still a good person. She campaigns for house-elf rights. She sacrifices her প্রণয় for Ron to save the world.
Bella IS a Mary Sue. She has no personality flaws; she is INTENDED to be perfect! She's beautiful, and kind, and graceful and OH SO SELFLESS! She's the best-est girl on the planet! Fact is, she's so Mary Sue-ish she's a cariacature. Bella finds out a mad, revenge-seeking vampire is seeking her so that Bella can be slowly, maddeningly tortured. Who knows what the vampire will do? Slowly rip each limb off? Use the Cruciatus curse? Slice যেভাবে খুশী chunks of her body with razor sharp teeth? Terrible torture! But oh-so-seflish-Bella thinks "What about Charlie?" Truth is, if আপনি were facing slow and torturous death, even a generally selfless person will worry about their lives for a while. No real person will worry about the guy পরবর্তি to them when THEY are the ones in real danger.
Hermione is self-less. She sacrifices her প্রণয় for Ron to save the world. She sacrifices her education, which she values so much, to save the world. She pushes on, going on daring missions; the fate of the wizarding world is আরো important than her life.
Bella is not self-less. She has a choice-Stay with Edward and make yourself happy....or leave Edward, and make everyone around আপনি happy. Instead of sacrificing her প্রণয় for the safety of her বন্ধু and family, she decides to make herself happy. Anyone who dislikes her is a Q#$(@#%! because she is আরো important than anyone else.
Hermione wins দ্বারা KO.
POINT B: Harry vs. Edward
Like Hermione, Harry is strong. He endures torments and troubles-like having to walk to his own death-in silence. He is forced to leave Ginny, who he loves deeply, and though he's troubled and upset, he doesn't give up on life.
Edward leaves Bella. This was his choice. He complains to her, once they are reunited, that he had to "FORCE" himself to exist. He NEEDED an obsequious person to compliment his sparkles every day.
Harry has hobbies, interests, and goals. He plays quidditch, wants to get a good education, and participated in a dueling club. His goal in life was to become an auror.
What are Edward's hobbies, interests, and goals? Well, he doesn't rigorously practice অথবা seem very concerned with vampire baseball, and he doesn't seem to read much. He plays the piano, but so does everyone else in the Cullen family. He has absolutely NO goals. আপনি see, a real person has hobbies, interests, and goals. Since novels are supposed to mirror reality, fictional characters should have hobbies, interests, and goals, too.
Harry is brave. He fights against all odds. Knowing he's going to die, he stands up and tries to defend himself. He risks his life to save Sirius, and almost gets himself killed saving Cedric's body. He fights battles knowing he may die অথবা lose; he stands up to Voldemort even when there's no chance of survival. THAT, my friends, is bravery.
Whenver Edward prepares to fight, he always knows he will win. "Don't worry....this will be easy." Edward tells Bella in Eclipse. Wow, way to add suspense, assuring the reader that everything will be all right. The only battle Edward was reluctant to যোগদান was the one against the Volturi. Why? Because he knew he was going to lose. Does Edward ever stand up to someone much আরো powerful than him, who could kill him in an instant? Does Edward ever risk his own life? NOPE.
Harry is selfless. He cares about his friends. He risks his life to save his godfather in OOTP and Ginny during COS. He also walked coolly to his own death in order to save the world. That is selflessness.
Edward could use those powers of his to save lives. However, he only wants to save one person:Bella. If it was Eric about to be killed দ্বারা the van, would Edward has saved him? No. All he cares about is keeping himself happy and content. Bella makes him happy, so Edward keeps her alive. Eric doesn't affect him, so Edward would let him die.
Harry wins
POINT C: Ron vs. Jacob (Friend of main character)
First off, we know a lot of Ron's past. We know he's the youngest boy in a large, struggling family, and that he's always being overshadowed. We know he's poor, and his brothers can be teasing and mean, and that he's deathly afraid of spiders. We know his dad is a little loopy (he collects plugs!) We know he's a pure-blood and lives in a towering, leaning house. He has a background, a past, and we know much of his family.
All we know of Jacob's past is his mother died in a car crash and his father named Billy is in a wheelchair.
Ron wins...................
Luna vs. Alice: Odd character
Luna is tough and strong. Her mother died, but she still looks at the world in a positive way. The odd creatures she thinks up are amazing; I want to see what the heck a "Blibbering Humdringer" is. She's imaginative, and a real dreamer, she accepts the impossible. She's still a strong fighter and she's independant.
Alice.....well, we know she was in an insane asylum, but that's all we really know of her past. She has no odd beliefs অথবা weird sayings. She never fights; it's only the men in Twilight who go out to battle.
LUNA...................
Point Whatever: Dumbledore vs. Carlise (Wise guys!)
Dumbledore suffered trauma in his youth; half his family died before he turned 20. He made mistakes, and grew wiser because of them. He's a mentor to Harry; he teaches him what he needs to know to defeat Voldemort and provides him with help when he needs it. He has hundreds of বই and machines he's invented; he is a very learned person.
We're told Carlisle is very wise and learned, but where's the proof? He hasn't invented any new machine অথবা made discoveries of any kind. He doesn't mentor Edward অথবা help him on his quest to be with Bella.
Dumbledore!
FINALLLY.......
Bella রাজহাঁস is a self-insert character. How does that work? If an লেখক writes "Bella sat down to breakfast" but does not describe the elements of breakfast, the reader who eats ফলমূল loops will understand Bella রাজহাঁস to be doing the same. If Stephenie Meyer does not describe what Bella does all দিন after school, the reader (subconsciously) inserts details from his অথবা her own life to fill the gap. THat is why people think they can relate to Bella Swan.
Part III:Views Presented and Morals
POINT A: In Twilight, the pretty people are put on a pedastal and worshipped দ্বারা every character. Renesmee is a thing which goes out at night to eat innocent জন্তু জানোয়ার though she prefers human blood but that's OKAY because she looks beautiful. Edward is a mass murderer/serial killer and he enjoys the flavor of an endangered animal's blood but that's FINE because he has a "granite nose." Who cares about Eric, the valedictorian? Brains don't matter, beauty does! Only nice-looking people get to be good guys.
In Harry Potter, no one is really extremely gorgeous. However, that doesn't matter! They don't need good looks to save the world! Also, none of the main characters have intentionally killed a human being.
Also,(this ticks me off) All Twilight characters are stereotypes. Bella happily cooks and cleans and thinks about her boyfriend while her manly father watches the game and polishes his gun. All blondes are #@$#%y (Lauren, Rosalie) Come on!
Fleur's blonde, and she's no idiot; women go out into battle. Females and males fight side be side; it's not always the man who goes to work and the women who washes the dishes.
Twilight promotes the idea that your first "love" is your true love, and if they leave আপনি it means they প্রণয় you. It promotes the idea that thinking someone's "hawt" is love.
In HP, relationships fail. Harry and Cho got in a relationship; however they later broke up. Ron and Lavender's প্রণয় was much like Edward and Bella's:obsessive and skin-deep-this relationship is not painted as love, but as the lust that it is.
I'm going to continue later.....
