Why Did 'Twilight' Become So Popular?

When I was doing the Chapters assessment I asked one of the workers to help me find some of the books in the course. When I brought up Twilight, she seemed very unenthusiastic about it. Twilight has seemed to gain a lot of love and hate towards it. However, the fact that some people strongly believe Twilight is bad book leads me to believe maybe a book doesn’t have to be good to be an extremely popular one.

I believe what makes Twilight so popular is its chosen target audience, teenagers. The book follows Bella who is a student in high school. Most of the main characters are also students in high school. The book also appears to be written at a level meant to target younger audiences. Furthermore, what do young teenage girls love, boys! Two boys to be exact. On top of it all there is a supernatural fantasy cherry on top to make the book the best.

This book has some similarities to Tarzan. Both Tarzan and Twilight have the fantasy and romantic aspect to them. In Tarzan Jane gets saved from her new manly hero several times. These acts of saving include Tarzan swinging on vines like an ape. In Twilight Bella gets saved by Edward several times in a supernatural superhuman strength. One time Edward saves her by standing between her and a moving car. Edward was able to this because of his supernatural speed and strength.

There are some feminism aspects that Twilight follows a female lead. The fantasy of having two guys wanting a girl is also a strong indicator of feminism because it shows female fantasies. Since Bella briefly goes between the two (even if only as a friend to Jacob), it shows that Bella is not strictly tied down to her loyalty to Edward. I personally think this is a good thing because literature has shown needing to be overly loyal to one single person since medieval times.

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