Sometimes, there’s more to Pop Lit than meets the eye.
While reading the book you probably noticed that, following Chapter 3 in which Edward breaks up with Bella, there are some blank pages, merely titled "October, November, December, January." In Chap...
Love is pain. That’s the long and short of Bella’s "hole" where her heart used to be. Of course she didn’t actually lose the squishy, pumping thing inside, but she did lose her "s...
In New Moon, some symbols are very apparent while others hide deeper in the text – or maybe in more subjective interpretations – so bear with us. Descriptions of Jacob as "the sun," for...
We’ve already discussed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as it relates to the epigraph, a passage from the Shakespeare play. If you have already, check out "What's Up with the Epigraph?"T...
Bella’s dreams and hallucinations in New Moon provide insight into Bella’s psyche – they trace her character arc, and the way she moves and grows through her painful breakup. The...