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Frequently asked about The Twilight Saga: New Moon

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• Why does Edward leave Bella at the beginning of New Moon?▾

  After Jasper attacks Bella at her birthday party when she cuts her finger on wrapping paper, Edward concludes that being around vampires puts Bella in constant, unavoidable danger. He tells her he no longer loves her and that the Cullens are leaving Forks, believing a clean break will allow her to live a normal, safe human life. This decision is driven entirely by his desire to protect her, not by a lack of feeling.

• What are the hallucinations Bella experiences when she does reckless things?▾

  Whenever Bella puts herself in danger or takes extreme risks, she hears Edward's voice warning her to stop and briefly sees a vision of him. She interprets this as a psychological side effect of adrenaline that conjures the memory of Edward, and she deliberately seeks out dangerous situations — cliff diving, riding motorcycles — to trigger the hallucinations and feel close to him. The visions are entirely in her mind and carry no supernatural significance within the story's lore.

• Why does Jacob's personality shift so dramatically in the second half of the film?▾

  Jacob undergoes his first transformation into a werewolf, which the Quileute legends call 'protectors' or 'spirit warriors.' The transformation is involuntary and triggered by anger or strong emotion, and newly turned wolves struggle to control their feelings and behavior. The pack also shares a telepathic mind-link, meaning Jacob is constantly exposed to the other wolves' thoughts, which Sam Uley's pack uses to enforce loyalty and secrecy — partly explaining why Jacob abruptly distances himself from Bella.

• Why does Alice see Bella jump off the cliff and believe she is dead?▾

  Alice's precognitive visions are limited: she cannot see the futures of werewolves, and she sees only the most likely immediate outcome of a decision. When Bella leaps from the cliff, Alice sees her go under the water but cannot see Jacob — a werewolf — pulling her out, so the rescue is invisible to her vision. Alice therefore arrives in Forks believing Bella drowned, setting off the chain of events that leads Edward to believe Bella is dead.

• What is the Volturi's role and why do they threaten Bella?▾

  The Volturi are the closest thing the vampire world has to a governing body, based in Volterra, Italy, and they enforce the single absolute rule: humans must not know vampires exist. When Edward arrives seeking death and exposes himself to humans in the sunlight, Aro, Caius, and Marcus are forced to intervene. They threaten Bella because she is a human who knows the secret — she must either be turned into a vampire or be killed to protect the secret, and they give the Cullens a deadline to follow through on the transformation.