Recently I had undergone an experience that I told myself I wouldn't. I attended a viewing that for some reason had gone against everything belief and conscience dictated.
What was it? Why did I do it? Were there reasons for going at all?
I speak the truth when I say I understand not, the reasons or motivations. But what I felt, I can say was a partition of emotion that perhaps controlled my decision.... it was depth of emptiness that compelled me to move; The need to understand what was meant, when thus was said: 'You are my Jacob...'
So far reaching is the mind, and heavy laden is the heart, when results of such things transpire that leave you in awe. How is it, that feeling a particular way seems to be so right, and yet to justify that which is lawfully correct also seems right? How can they both be correct? Do I allow the dictated reach of mind to judge which is right, and let suffer that which governs how I see, the very heart I bear? Or shall I follow the lead of the beat in my breast, and condemn myself to lawful and social "justice"? So it is in awe, awe in respect to that which we cannot control, nor comprehend until later days. And yet we struggle to comprehend...
To you I ask: Edward or Jacob?
Every Lady wants to have an Edward...every Lady needs a Jacob...
After having viewed the film, it rushed me into thinking. What side of reason and logic would make any lady want to become, as Edward put it, a 'monster'? But then again, most ladies don't rely on reason or logic to embrace the bounds of a decision. And then it struck me... Edward is the Emotion, Jacob is the logic.
Edward it is, for Edward is loved...but, so is Jacob, is he not? Text claims that she realizes she loves Jacob...but is unwilling to leave Edward. Why is that? She is bound to her commitment, but she has need for reason as well...It is so, because logic never could convince the heart of that which it is truly committed. In likeness, emotion can never be understood by the voice of that which is logic.
She is right...and yet, she is wrong...
Is it Emotion? Is it Logic?
Is it Edward? Is it Jacob?
Know which one governs you...
...know which one you are....
I am Edward. I am Jacob. I am Both. I am neither. I am torn...
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4 comments:
Just remember that there are actually a lot of people out there that would choose Jacob over Edward. I know many people that are on "Team Jacob". Of course I myself am an Edward fan. Every girl dreams of having someone love them as much as Edward loves Bella, but its also the thrill of it all. If you've read the books then i assume you've noticed that there are certian things that make me believe Bella was meant for Edward. Jacob is a great friend to her and yes if she had chosen him i think she would have been happy but she would have always wondered "what if". As far as you being an Edward or a Jacob depends on the Girl. You'll always be a Jacob to many Girls but you will also be someones Edward.
So like I said the other day, you did bring up a different way of looking at it.
I was rewatching the movie and rereading portions of the books thinking about it some more, and the way Stephenie sets it up is she's created, basically, soulmates. You can just as easily say that someone is your Carlisle/Esme, Emmett/Rosalie, Jasper/Alice. Like the previous comment said, there are things in the book that seem to indicate Bella being meant for Edward (I think Edward even has some revelations on this in the rough draft of Midnight Sun)
As for applying it to the real world, again I agree with the previous comment... it's going to depend on the girl. I mean, for example, whoever ends up being an "Edward" to me is more than likely a "Jacob" to someone else.
So I've no doubt that someone will see you as their Edward
Why cannot 1 man possess both a side of Edward and Jacob? Can he not be both, to 1 woman? It's possible. Sometimes we NEED an Edward, but we WANT a Jacob.
I suppose you are right. Wisdom it would seem, accompanies you in your educated walk through life. ;) Insight for the future...
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