tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post4772356135786095949..comments2024-03-14T01:11:49.757-06:00Comments on chasing the long white cloud: Is it Free Will or Fate? Stephenie Meyer’s “Essential [Mormon] Gestures”: One (Re)View of TwilightTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-89384071161887229162008-09-02T10:53:00.000-06:002008-09-02T10:53:00.000-06:00Cory:Don't worry--I'm not disregarding your commen...Cory:<BR/><BR/>Don't worry--I'm not disregarding your comments. You'll find my response <A HREF="http://chasingthelongwhitecloud.blogspot.com/2008/09/question-of-agency-some-literary.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-78467304177622063372008-08-30T10:50:00.000-06:002008-08-30T10:50:00.000-06:00But isn't "free will" just perspective anyway (in ...But isn't "free will" just perspective anyway (in literature I mean, not Mormon Theology)? Consider in Harry Potter (particularly book 6) where Dumbledore attempts to explain to Harry about Harry's _decision_ to confront and eventually kill Voldemort. Just because their was a prophecy doesn't mean that Harry was "destined" to confront Voldemort. Dumbledore makes the point that if Harry had never Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673633598760621034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-7875935835041639582008-08-22T21:47:00.000-06:002008-08-22T21:47:00.000-06:00No worries about the comments :) I think the subje...No worries about the comments :) I think the subject matter of my blog encourages people to lurk, although I am grateful for when they do speak up. We can only help each other if we know what's going on!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-78050582862956739442008-08-16T23:19:00.000-06:002008-08-16T23:19:00.000-06:00If memory serves (which it often does not!), and I...If memory serves (which it often does not!), and I almost took note of this but didn't, Meyer actually says something about Eve in reference to Bella in <I>Twilight</I>. I also thought about a probably comparison between Edward and Bella and Adam and Eve but didn't take it very far. I wonder how fruitful such a comparison might be, how well it would hold up, especially since Bella is really just Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-225138490251719982008-08-16T20:11:00.000-06:002008-08-16T20:11:00.000-06:00Interesting stuff Tyler! I had forgotten that she ...Interesting stuff Tyler! I had forgotten that she prefaced the whole thing with that scripture. I remember trying for a fleeting moment to view Edward and Bella as Adam and Eve, but that obviously fell apart.<BR/><BR/>Another aspect of the book (I think it was in the first one) that is worth considering in light of agency is the ponderous allusions to Romeo and Juliet. (If it's not in the first Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.com