Dracula v. Twilight
I liked the Twilight Series more than Dracula. Twilight was written more like a story and seemed to have more character development than Dracula. Dracula was hard to follow with the way it was written. Both books focus on vampires having relationships with humans. In Twilight Bella and Edward were in love and Edward didn't want to take her life away by turning her into one of his kind. Dracula, on the other hand, wanted to take Mina and make her his companion and helper. Dracula fed off of humans and used mind control to take advantage of others, Edward spent his time saving Bella and taking care of her. Dracula is a good example of the early stereotype of "vampires", dark, scary and threatening. Edward is an example of what people today consider a vampire, charming, loving and sparkly. The two books show how vampire stereotypes have changed.