Outside Reading #3

There are many things that cause conflict in our lives. Love is one of the major things that causes conflict in our lives, as demonstrated by both New Moon and the movie we watched in class, the 400 Blows. In the 400 Blows, Antoine does not have a very loving relationship with his mother and this causes a lot of conflict in both their lives. It causes Antoine to have a better relationship with his friend René than his mother. He starts to skip school and other negative things with his friend, however if he had had a good relationship with his mother he would not have done these things. Antoine steals a typewriter because that is what René told him to, and this leads to a huge conflict. His father believes that he should be taken to prison and his mother then has to deal with not having had a good relationship with Antoine that the consequences of her actions. This is an example of a conflict that occurs when love is not present.
In New Moon love causes conflict in the lives of Bella, Jacob and Edward. Bella loves Edward and so when he leaves in the beginning of the novel her heart is broken. But because Bella was left with the feeling that Edward was no longer in love with her, this feeling causes many conflicts. She starts to become friends with Jacob who becomes a werewolf, and little did she know that werewolves and vampires were enemies. They were such great enemies that when Jacob becomes a werewolf one day he says to Bella “Vampires don’t count as people” (310). While he was referring to a vampire that was trying to murder Bella that he and his werewolf pack had killed, Bella knew that underneath everything he was talking about Edward. This hatred has a huge adds immensely to the already complicated conflict between Bella, Jacob, Edward and vampires and werewolves. Bella’s one dream is to become a vampire so that she can be immortal and be able to be with Edward forever. In the beginning of the book, on her birthday Edward asks here what she wants and she replies “You know what I want” (24). So when she finds out that Jacob, her best friend will become her enemy if she becomes a vampire, this raises even more conflict. In New Moon, there is a lot of conflict because of the love that the characters have for one another.