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In the conversation it is obvious that Edward wants to start interacting with a human being by asking about how Bella can get to the
city of Forks. The figure of Edward as a vampire in this story is not scary so that Bella can accept him. Even though the answer is quite simple, but
Bella also want to start a good interaction with Edward. When Edward asked why Bella could get to the city Forks, Bella answered shortly, Its
complicated ..., but Edward’s faith to keep secrets and also how he forced Bella to tell the story, Bella finally willing to say honestly why
she got in that small town. Although Cullens Family has a limited environment, in a sense
they can not really live and socialize with other human beings in general, because they also have to maintain their existence as the cold blooded,
but they had an opportunity to interact directly with humans. Their human friends in the Forks High School can accept them with good presence.
They learn as usual and no one knows their true identity. And no doubt, the vampires who are in this Twilight novel, does have a strong ability to
interact with humans
.
2. They are
Resistance to Sunlight
Vampires in the Twilight novel are hard to destroy, as they want or are not harmed in any way deterred by the sun, holy water, running
water, garlic, stakes, or crosses. When Edward was in the sun, his skin looked slightly flushed look shiny, glowing, as if thousands of tiny
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diamonds embedded below the surface of his skin. Edward, as the central figure of a vampire was described bright and shiny handsome
when he is under the sun. Bella
: “Don’t laugh – but how can you come out during the daytime?”
Edward : He laughed anyway. “Myth” “Burned by the sun?”
“Myth” “Sleeping
in coffins?”
“Myth.” He hesitated for a moment, and a peculiar tone entered his voice.
Bella : “I can’t sleep.” Twilight, p.185-186.
This was a conversation between Edward and Bella, where Edward tried to explain to Bella that vampires burnt when exposed to sunlight and
sleep in a coffin, its just a myth. Bella tried to understand and believe the explanation by Edward although it was not easy for ordinary people to
believe it. Edward : “Well, you asked if the sun hurt me, and it doesn’t. But
I can’t go out in the sunlight – at least, not where anyone can see.”
Bella : “Why?”
Edward : “I’ll show you sometime,” he promised. I thought about it for a moment. Twilight, p.189
Edward explained to Bella if that sunlight could not hurt him, not even burn him, he was immune to sunlight, unlike other vampire myths.
But although he was immune to the sun, still he could not go out and reveal himself when he was exposed to direct sunlight. Of course this
made Bella confused, why he could not reveal himself in front of
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everybody as the sun shone directly, but Edward promised he would one day showed Bella why he could not do it.
Of course this is different from the conventional vampire figures, that the sun is vampire’s greatest enemy. Sunlight can burn their skins, so
it would not be strange if there is a myth said that vampires always go out at night. In the daytime, when the blazing sun, they prefer to rest in a
coffin, or at least not in a room exposed to sunlight.
3. The Vegetarian Vampire
