Cambridge Deems Twilight Worthy of Analysis
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I know exactly what Twillight says about contemporary western culture.Good morning blues said:
"Humanity's fucked"
I'd have to agree. It's the stuff that appeals to the populace that defines a culture, not just the high-falutin (or however you spell that, if it is indeed a word) works of intellectuals.Good morning blues said:
Madness? this. is. Sparta!!!MR T3D said:
Yeah I couldnt resit and im pretty sure some where in the 8 pages of this threat you have otten this before.
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Me: I'll take music lyrics to describe events for 100 Alex
Alex: Twilight being study in Cambrige U.
Me: What is 'It the end of the world as we know it'
Alex: Correct for 100
I can explain the commercial "success" of Twilight.
It makes lonely girls (whether due to personality or luck, usually personality) feel like there is a perfect man out there somewhere, and that they can have him.
A lot of them don't realise, however, that people are not perfect and that NO-ONE is Edward Cullen. This makes a lot of young women have higher expectations from the opposite sex than are reasonable, and is the main reason I hate it.
I think that sums it up, along with my view as well.
It makes lonely girls (whether due to personality or luck, usually personality) feel like there is a perfect man out there somewhere, and that they can have him.
A lot of them don't realise, however, that people are not perfect and that NO-ONE is Edward Cullen. This makes a lot of young women have higher expectations from the opposite sex than are reasonable, and is the main reason I hate it.
I think that sums it up, along with my view as well.
Completely agreed. The only thing worthy of studying in the Twilight series is the effects of bad grammar, female and male post-breakup stress, dangerously suicidal behaviour which ends in "fixing" the problem by getting back together, and how the entire series denotes a sexist view of the female.Elesar said:
Namely, the averse effects. I for one don't want a fourteen year old girl thinking it's okay to go on a months-long danger induced hallucinogenic trip just to see images of the boyfriend she lost, vampire or otherwise.
And don't forget it also teaches those girls that the truly loyal, noble, caring, there-for-her friend she's known for years isn't boyfriend material. That girls can take those friendships and tug on them until they're shattering, then spit salt in the wounds.D.L.390 said:
Didn't the author realize that Jacob was a better match, and had to spend the rest of the books trying to turn him into an angry forceful guy just to make up?
Well, yes, that's just about common knowledge by this point. What I mean is, what is it precisely that draws teenagers to it? What is it about Twilight that turns its readers to bellicose, incorrigible fangirls? Now that some actual studies are going to be done, we may finally be able to pinpoint the direct cause of fanboy/girlism. From there, we may even be able to derive a treatment, perhaps even a vaccine.
