Teen Ink

Aside from the fact that twilight is undoubtedly the most predictable series in the history of vampire stories ever since the one’s made by Ann rice… it
does however, have some hidden roots under it's skin, and I am here to tell you about them, or rather, one of them anyway. Your English teachers didn’t
even catch this I bet.

I'm not religious. In fact I claim to be the opposite. I shall not be tethered to thinking a certain way out of fear that I will one day go to hell. That
however, is another story for a different blog post.

I don't know how familiar you all are with The Garden of Eden, but in order to understand what I am talking about you have to know what The Garden of Eden
is, and its story. So I will give you my synopsis of what I think it's about. Keep in mind that I didn't read this in some bible; I just looked it up online
and drew my own conclusions.

Is a location described in the Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God? Literally,
the Bible speaks about a garden in Eden (Gen. 2:8). This garden forms part of the creation and theodicy of the Abrahamic religions, often being used to
explain the origin of sin and mankind's wrongdoings. The creation story in Genesis relates the geographical location of both Eden and the garden to four
rivers (Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates), and three regions (Havilah, Assyria, and Kush). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

So basically it's a story about some people that disobey someone, and then they get punished for it.

Anyways…. I'm here to tell you something that I bet you didn’t know before… twilight totally parallels The Garden of Eden. Here's why.

One. The cover.

Well, no duh. It's a picture of hands holding a red apple and the words twilight are below that. This is a huge clue right here. It also foreshadows Edward
in a way, but we shall get to that later. The apple here symbolizes two things actually. It's saying “I'm attached to another story! Guess what it is?”
at the same time it's shouting “hey! I'm a hint as to how Edward will be looked at! I'm also a hint of events to come later on in the book and or series.
Stare at me!” that's a huge clue, but you can't tie the rope just by looking at how it's made. You really have to cut deep to figure out just how the rope
is made and constructed. The cover has an apple, which can be tied into The Garden of Eden.

Two. The people.

This is obvious. In fact it's so obvious I didn’t think anyone could miss it, but I guess some people just don’t know how to flip on reading skills. The
two main people are actually an almost representation of Adam and Eave. It even somewhat parallels how they, Bella and Edward or Adam and eave, met. Though
not exact, they both in a way get created, and they both get kind of dumped in the garden, or in this case, forks. They meet totally by chance actually,
which is not how Adam and eave met. Again, I didn't read the whole book, also known as the bible. I didn't even glance at the story. This just popped in
my head after thinking about it in the shower.

Three. Who they are.

This actually has a lot to do with the comparison in the story. When Edward saves Bella they at first dislike each other. Well, Edward dislikes her anyway.
All she is… is curious. Not relevant to The Garden of Eden, but it sets the mood for what I want to talk about next.

When they do start to talk and get to know each other. Their instincts both tell them that this is a bad idea, and that they shouldn’t go on with the relationship.
This is god in a sense, and the tree is Edward, and his looks are the fruit in the tree. There was no apple in The Garden of Eden by the way. Anyway, so
Bella takes an interest in the tree, also known as Edward Cullen, and on this tree is his looks, also known as the forbidden fruit. It even foreshadows
the death scene at the end of the book right at the very beginning. It's in the genesis. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

I don't know if you ever caught this, but the first part of that quote actually is important. This is referring to Edward and his secret, or his good looks.
In this case it's his secret, despite what I said before.

Anyways, Edwards’s secret is the forbidden fruit. Eave, also known as Bella, takes a bite of it anyway, and there are huge consequences afterwards. Because
eave, also known as Bella, didn't listen to god, also known as her instincts, and was twisted by serpents actions, in this case its Edwards looks, and
bites into the fruit also known as his secret about him being a vampire. So now, lots of negative things start happening to them, and Bella does just what
the genesis says she will do if she eats the fruit. She dies.

There you go. That's my comparison. Let me know if agree or not, okay? Bye all.