Throughout the story of Twilight, I often found myself going back to the topic of good v. evil. I felt that this strongly connected to the reading of Monsters by Bedford. In this reading, it specifically talks about the how connection of monsters is extremely personal, indicating that each “monster” is determined good or evil based on the person in which it is relating to. In the reading, it says that “One monster may be particularly loathsome or frightening to one person, but it may hardly strike a chord in another.” (p. 5) This connects to the book because throughout the entire piece, because as a reader you ultimately have to decide if Edward is good or evil. From one point of view, he is a vampire who so desperately wants Bella’s blood and has to resist that urge every time she is around. However, from another point of view, Edward is trying so incredibly hard to resist that urge because he does not want to be a monster to Bella.
Stephanie Meyers creates a story that delivers the content and information to create that internal conflict among the reader to determine if Edward is good or evil. As a reader for me, I found myself constantly going back and forth on this throughout the entire story because yes, he is a vampire, but he also cares about Bella so much that he does everything in his will to resist the urge to drink her blood and harm her. Ultimately, this goes back to Bedford’s reading on how it is up to the individual to determine if a monster is good or bad (evil) and it is their own personal beliefs that are unique to them that creates a monster.
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