Twilight is first in a series of four books that details Bella and Edward’s relationship (it’s followed by New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn). Generally, the world Meyer portrays in Twilight very much reflects the early- to mid-aughts: Bella doesn’t own a cellphone and has dial-up internet, something that would’ve still been normal in a small town like Forks at the time. Though the tribe does have legends of being descended from wolves, many Quileutes have accused Meyer of appropriating their culture in her novels. Meyer’s portrayal of the Quileute tribe has been controversial. Through the Cullens’ backstories, Twilight touches on a number of world historical events from the persecution of Catholics in 17th-century England, to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, to the inhumane, experimental treatments that took place in insane asylums in the mid 20th century. Religious scholars have also pointed out that the romance in Twilight (and the series as a whole) is very chaste, which also follows the Mormon tradition. The idea of agency and free will is extremely important to the Mormon faith, hence the novel’s focus on Bella and Edward’s choice in the matter as they decide to be together. Many thematic ideas in Twilight are rooted in Meyer’s Mormon faith. Some suggest vampire legends stem from a lack of understanding surrounding how bodies decompose (the belief that a body has turned into a vampire if it’s bloated, for instance), or that vampires are a way to try to explain illnesses like rabies (which can cause light sensitivity and bloody frothing at the mouth). Scholars have come up with several theories to explain where these stories come from.
Vampire legends have existed for millennia-there are stories of vampires from ancient Mesopotamia and from the Ancient Greeks.
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