TWILIGHT BY STEPHENIE MEYER: PLOT SUMMARY / CRITICISM

CHAPTER 15. The Cullens

Summary

Bella wakes to find Edward still there; he reports that Charlie left an hour earlier and reconnected her battery cables, apparently an attempt to keep her at home if she did try to sneak out. She prepares herself in the bathroom and when she returns notices that Edward changed his clothes overnight; he says he left after she was in a deep sleep, and before that she was talking in her sleep. He reports that she said she loved him, which he already knew but was nice to hear; she then tells him she loves him again and he says she is his life now. As Bella eats breakfast, Edward proposes that she meet his family. She asks how much they know and Edward says it's impossible to keep secrets in his family and they were even betting when he'd bring her back to them. Bella asks if Alice saw her coming and Edward is evasive on this point. Edward then advises that Bella should introduce him to Charlie as her boyfriend. She gets dressed for the visit and Edward compliments her, then kissed her, which made her collapse. She can't...........

Notes

Rosalie's reason for detesting Bella is explained, and is actually a variation of what Edward argues in not wanting to turn Bella: that vampirism is not a gift but a curse, and being human is preferred to the immortal hell of being the undead. The prominently displayed cross in the Cullen home goes against the tradition of vampires - however, it isn't an unusual contradiction, especially..........

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