In the movie Jane Austen Book Club, one of the characters makes a comment about how Jane Austen always has a thing for the bad boys. After watching Twilight ... I'll let you chew on that for a second before spitting it out... I have to ask what the big appeal is for young girls and the type of guy that Stephenie Meyer wrote about in her damned books?
Here you have an innocent girl -Bella- who not just falls for the worst guy she could-Edward- , but throws herself at him only to find herself in what in the real world would be a cult like situation after dodging possessive tendencies. Then there is Jacob who seems to have boundary issues even though Bella has told him she's involved with someone else.
Clue you in for those who are not Jane Austen fans; Twilight is a remake of Pride and Prejudice up to a point. Jane Austen's most popular novel ever, has the innocent girl falling for the wrong guy - Elizabeth falls for Wickham- who ends up with her sister and shows more then a few abusive traits. The sister in P/P has the same attitude as Meyer's Jacob does.
Little confusing but my grande point is that when a young girl reads stuff like Twilight, it's a dreamy opening for creeps in the real world to sneak in.
When I was 16 years old skipping school and smoking was the worst thing that the "bad boys" were doing around here. Pretty damn innocent actually.
So what is it about innocent girls falling for scumbags?
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