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Question: Why did Stephenie Meyer make her main character underweight!?
She is 5'5" and 110 pound which isn't deathly skinny, but underweight!. Because I am 5'3" and 112 pounds and am in no way overweight or even slightly chubby!. Stephenie also uses words like the clothing "clings" to her skin!. Or that she is "fragile" or like a "kitten!." (kitten from midnight sun) which also seems a bit silly to me!. This Bella character also has pretty much 0 self-worth and very little self confidence!. Okay, second question, why did Stephenie Meyer create a character who was such a bad role model!?

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Let's face it - Bella is Meyer as Meyer would like to be!. She refuses to accept how horrifying Bella is, claiming she is a feminist role model because feminism is about women having choices!. I mostly agree that that's the gist, but I don't think "choosing" to let your hawt stalker sparklepire boyfriend control every single aspect of your relationship really counts!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think SMeyer made Bella what she wanted to be when she was seventeen!. From the site, "She's five foot four inches tall, slender but not at all muscular, and weighs about 115 pounds!." You're a bit off!. This BMI of 19!.5 is perfectly normal!. Does this change things for you!?
I agree that Meyer seemed to cast Bella into a damsel in distress role simply by being thin and delicate!. Bella is a weak character!. She is underdeveloped character-wise!. Her personality is watered-down to two traits: (somewhat) stubborn and delicate pushover!. These even contradict!. Her underdeveloped character has gotten her criticized to being a bad role model!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, the world is basically obsessed with skinniness- just look at models!.
bad role model!? well, i'm not sure that SM was thinking that people would look up to her characters as role models (except perhaps boys to edward's chivalry) also, if people wrote books with only great role models in them, the world of literature would be a drag!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

She had to be a pathetic weak tool for the story to work!. MY wife read a bit of New moon to me and I thought what kind of stupid pathetic Teen has theart heart broken by a man that with out reason up and leavse them and then goes and aplogizes to that man when he comes back!?

Then I read Twilight and Though OOOOH that actually makes perfect sense for Bella!.

Anyways, with out door mat bella there wouldn't be much of any story at all!. So thats why she is so pathetic!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, sadly the world is obssesed with being skinny!. everyone thinks its one of the qualities you have to have to be pretty!. i've never seen someone fat in a movie, unless they were being made fun of or something!. but wut do u mean that shes a bad role model!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think it's because a stronger character wouldn't have fallen for edward so easily!. the attention alone wouldn't have won her over!. and the controlling would have been negative instead of worth it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com