Courage, Bravery, and Determination

 Author's Note: This essay is about the themes in Midnight Sun and how it relates to Martin Luther King Junior and the book Touching Spirit Bear. In this essay the introduction is about Midnight Sun and the thesis is about how it can relate to everyone can relate to in life. In the second paragraph it talks about the main character Edward and how he wants to drink Bella's blood. The third and fourth paragraph is the relation to the themes one is about a person and the other is a book. 

Imagine yearning for someone’s blood so much it feels like someone is ripping you from the inside out.  Every day you struggle to even be in the same room with them, as your mind spins uncontrollably. As the days pass by, the monster inside of you craves for their blood, but you manage to be by them. In the book Midnight Sun, by Stephanie Meyer, the main character Edward experienced various difficulties trying to control his thirst when he’s around Bella Swan. The author demonstrates three major themes in this book: courage and bravery, determination, and justice that people can relate to in life.

Edward, the main character in the book Midnight Sun, which is Edward Cullen’s point of view of  the book Twilight, was so determined about killing Bella. He ran all the different ways he could kill her and not leave any evidence. The monster inside of him was so eager to taste the innocent humans’ blood and if he did taste her blood he wouldn't be able to stop until she would die. In result of killing Bella, everyone in the Cullen family would be very disappointed and they all will have to flee Forks, Washington and start a new life somewhere else. With this, he was portraying determination, he was set on killing her and tasting her blood.

Some of the greatest people in history got very far in life because they were determined, courageous and ended up fulfilling whatever they set their mind to. For example, Martin Luther King Junior, he became a pastor at a church in Georgia 1954, which was during the time of segregation. After a couple years he was sick of being treated differently just because of his skin color. That was when he started the civil rights movement and in Washington DC he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. He was determined to influence people to not be judgmental. He was also very courageous and brave to stand up and speak in front of tons and tons of people, and not only is he the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.

This book, Midnight Sun, and the themes in it also relate to the book Touching Spirit Bear. In Touching Spirit Bear, Cole was determined to kill the spirit bear on the island. After the bear mauls Cole over and he is taken to recover  Cole is brave enough to return to the island to finish his banishment.  Cole receives justice after he realizes that killing the spirit bear won’t make him feel any better.  

Edward had to overcome his urge to drink Bella’s blood in which took courage. In result of not killing Bella he felt the need to protect her and that led to him falling in love with her. Martin Luther King Jr.  was determined to have everyone be treated the same  as equals whether you were African American, Hispanic, Asian, German, or Caucasian. Cole from Touching Spirit bear found justice when he realized anger is not the answer to all his problems.  Bravery, determination, and justice are themes throughout the world  that can relate to people in life and in books.