"'So ready for this to be the end,' He murmured, almost to himself, 'for this to be the twilight of your life, though your life has barely started. You're ready to give up everything.'

'It's not the end, it's the beginning,' I disagreed under my breath."

-Edward Cullen & Bella Swan

The curious thing about perspective is that it is wholly unique to each and every human being. Perspective is made up of every consideration, life experience, and opinion a person has. No person can truly step inside another's shoes and view a situation through someone else's perspective; it is simply impossible.

However, every person attempts to understand another's viewpoint at some point in their lives. This process is the great dilemma humanity faces: to exist independently and yet dependently.

Consequently, the problem presents an ironic twist of fate: to be unique and to be "normal" at the same time. A person's humanity allows him to be a completely independent one-of-a-kind creation while still experiencing a feeling that so many others have felt before.

This connection is sometimes lost in the communication of the world, but simply put into writing instead. It is the reason so many respect and honor the written word for it enables one human being to project an entire life into a single work.

A story is not just a string of sentences with a common bond, but a thread which weaves one life to countless others. Words are the catalyst for a perspective to be translated to another person. As such, the impossible is made possible: the world can function in its paradox of dependence and independence.

Jacob Black and Bella Swan are two such people that simultaneously coexist and yet, push each other away. Their life stories are connected through the written word of the ancient histories. It is the very reason for their existence.

Neither vampire nor werewolf can exist without the other; neither can achieve peace without the other. Both must live to extinguish the evil which they believe the other is cursed with.

Werewolves and vampires were never compatible and never will be. Bella Swan, despite her humanity, aligns with the vampires' perspective, thereby creating an eternal rift between herself and the werewolf she believes to be her one true friend.

Jacob Black and Bella Swan will always live for each other, but they will never be able to live with each other.

Jacob Black is, therefore, destined for another path; a path which requires him to learn some heavy lessons about responsibility and duty, before it's too late. Many of these lessons will involve a witty, sharp-tongued woman with the courage and determination of a soldier, and the need for some spontaneity in her life.

Perhaps, they'll both teach each other some new things before all is said and done.

But then again, when has anything ever gone as expected?