Comparisons
Contrasts
The Host
The Short Second Life
Stephenie Meyer
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What genre are both of these books?
What is romance and fantasy.
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Which book had less action in it?
What is The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.
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What is the setting and P.O.V. in the book The Host?
What is in the Western United States, mainly Arizona. Some memories of characters took place on other worlds and settings. What is subjective point of view, since it says I, this tells me that she's telling the story, and it only has thoughts and feelings from her.
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What is the setting and the P.O.V in this story?
What is Seattle and Forks, Washington, also some of Canada. What is subjective P.O.V because it's told from Bree's point of view (main character) and uses words like me, myself and I.
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At what age did Stephenie Meyer write her first novel and what was it?
What is Twilight at age 29- years after she graduated from Brigham University in 1997.
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What common theme is portrayed through both books?
What is hope.
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Which book was more realistic?
What is The Host because even though it was fantasy there were humans instead of vampires, so the characters in The Host couldn't or didn't climb buildings or leap rooftops.
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What is the mood?
What is hopefulness, because the main character always looks at the brighter side of every situation. For example... when Wanda decided to give her body back to Melanie she didn't look at the situation as the end of her life, she looked at it as a chance for Melanie and Jared to get back together.
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What is the mood of this story?
What is pity, because Bree was forced against her will to do something she really didn't want to do, which was be a vampire and also to fight against the Cullens. Also because she did nothing wrong but the Volturi ends her anyways.
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When and where was Stephenie Meyer born?
What is December 24, 1973 in Connecticut, but she moved to Phoenix by the time she was four.
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What point of view are each of the books told in?
What is first person point of view (also subjective point of view).
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How were the book's endings different?
What is The Host had a happy ending, unlike The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, that had a sad ending. The ending of The Host was happy because everyone found their "mates" and could be with them, also all the main characters were still alive. The Short second Life of Bree Tanner had a sad ending because the main character (Bree) died in the end.
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What is the theme for the book The Host?
What is life and love went on. This theme is said many times through the story and has great meaning.
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What is the theme for The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner?
What is hope, because throughout the story there is hope that Bree will see Diego again and there is also hope that they will win the fight against the Cullen clan.
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How many children does Stephenie Meyer have?
What is three. After she got married in 1996 to Christian Meyer, she had her first son, Gabe, one year later. Two more boys followed after that, their names are Seth and Eli.
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What kind of conflicts do both books have?
What is an internal and external conflicts. For The Host the main external conflict is the humans vs. the souls, and the main internal conflicts are Melanie vs. Wanda and Wanda's new "human" self vs. Wanderer. For The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner the main external conflicts are the new born army of vampires vs. the Cullens, and the main internal conflict is Bree vs Bree (fighting herself in her own head deciding what to do ).
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Give a summary for the book: The Host.
The soul Wanderer is put into a host's body, Melanie's body. But Melanie isn't ready to give herself up. After many weeks of hearing Melanie's voice in her head, Wanderer falls in love with Jared and Jamie- two of Melanie's family members. Then she finds them hidden, still human, but she has to gain the trust of all the humans. When she gains it back they rename her Wanda and she soon begins to have feelings for Ian (a human), but Melanie still loves Jared. Wanda discovers that she can get supplies everyone needs to survive. But she wants to give Melanie her body back so she asks Doc to take her out of Melanie's body.When she is taken out, she's put into another body so that Melanie can be with Jared and Wanda can be with Ian.
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Give a summary for the book: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.
What is Bree Tanner was turned into a vampire by Riley and "her". Bree makes a friend named Diego and they soon form a relationship. This is torn from them when Diego never returns to Bree. The vampires move out to fight the Cullen clan who are "trying to take the town" from them. When Bree gets to the fight scene she can tell Diego isn't here, which means he's dead. Bree then meets the Volturi and comes to an end when they realize there's no reason for her existence.
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