Point-Of-View In Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn

In Breaking Dawn, the author, Stephenie Meyer, splits the novel into three portions. The first portion and the third portion are narrated by Bella Swan in first person point-of-view, while the second portion is narrated by Jacob Black in first person point-of-view. Meyer strategically switches between the two narrators to make the story more interesting and to show the bond between Jacob and Renesmee, Bella’s daughter, in a stronger retrospect. The first portion of the story is about the planning of Bella and Edward’s wedding, the wedding, their honeymoon, and the discovery of Bella’s pregnancy. Before the wedding, Bella mentions that her good friend, Jacob Black, who loved Bella, has ran away. She is very saddened by the thought because
Bella often times feels like the happiest “person” alive throughout the beginning of this portion and is highly discouraged when Alice sees a vision of the Volturi coming to kill the Cullens because they believe that Renesmee is an immortal child. Alice and Jasper leave and tell the family to find as many witnesses as possible. Alice also leaves behind clues for Bella that are used to find J. Jenks, a man who is highly acquainted with the Cullen family and is willing to make illegal passports, birth certificates, and a driver’s license for Jacob and Renesmee. The plan is to pack a backpack full of these items and money for Renesmee, and when the Volturi are distracted the two will flee. Bella is constantly saddened by the possibility of loss in her family, however when Eleazar, one of the witnesses, reveals that she is a shield, she practices her power with all her might in hopes of mastering it enough to keep her, her family, and the witnesses they had found safe. When the time comes for the Volturi to strike, Bella uses the strong anger and passion for others within as her source for the