What is the summary of 'Breaking Dawn' by Stephenie Meyer'?

Answer 1

Here is an overview:



Book 1 - Bella
Bella and Edward's wedding goes well, except when Jacob shows up and gets upset, though no one but the happy couple notice. Bella and Edward leave for their honeymoon on Isle Esme, a beautiful tropical island in South America. The couple try and successfully make love, but it leaves Bella bruised all over. They continue enjoying themselves, and Bella convinces Edward to have sex once more. The next day two housekeepers come and clean and the the woman housekeeper fears the worst for Bella. When Edward is away hunting one night, Bella awakes and eats some chicken. She gets sick, and assuming it was bad chicken, throws it out and begins to throw up. She continues getting ill, and finally realizes what day it is. She is five days late for her period, and has had this strange sickness, and weird dreams. She even has a small bump forming, though they have only been on the island for two weeks. Edward calls Carlisle while he packs their things hastily.

Book 2 - Jacob
This part is from Jacob's perspective. The pack hears that Bella has a South American disease and is under quarantine. They assume this is the excuse they are giving to disappear. Against orders, Jake rushes to the Cullen's house, only to find a very sick and very pregnant, but alive, Bella. Edward looks like "a burning man" and explains all to Jacob. Bella is refusing to let anyone take the creature out of her, even though it is bruising her immensely. Rosalie is acting as Bella's bodyguard, also refusing anyone to take the baby out. Jacob reports back to the pack to tell what happened, and Sam decides that they must take action and kill the creature, and in the process, kill all the Cullens and Bella. Jake does not want to kill Bella, or the vampire he trusts, Dr. Cullen. Before the attack, Jake leaves the pack and takes his place as another Alpha and heads to the Cullen's house, with Seth following in support. Jake warns the Cullens of the plan, and he and Seth begin to patrol the perimeter. Bella's condition worsens as the baby breaks her ribs. Leah soon joins Jake's pack, wanting to be free of Sam and she begins to patrol as well. Sam sends messengers asking for their return, and tells Jake that they will not fight right now. Jake refuses to leave, though he would be happy if his other pack members did, but they refuse too. Soon after, Bella bends over without thinking, and damages herself badly. With Carlisle gone, Edward and Jake have to take the baby out right away and open Bella up, taking the healthy baby. They put her in Bella's arms for a moment, only to take her away as Edward begins to use his venom to change Bella. Jacob does CPR on her, trying to keep her barely alive body going. Jake thinks Bella has died and storms downstairs to see Rosalie holding the baby, who they name Renesmee. Jake is ready to kill the baby who he believes is the reason Bella is dead, and right then he sees the baby's face and imprints.

Book 3 - Bella
It begins with Bella laying down as Edward takes the baby out of her stomach and places her in her arms, but only for a second is she allowed to hold her. Bella becomes unconscious, and seemingly dead to Jake who leaves the room as Edward takes a syringe of his venom to stab Bella's heart and inject his venom. He also goes along her arm, biting and licking the womb. Bella describes the pain as fire, and remembers Rosalie saying it doesn't do any good to scream because there is nothing anyone can do about it. The days pass and Bella is silent, causing Edward to worry, but Carlisle assures Edward that Bella's injuries are about the same as Esme's were, and she was fine. After only two days, the transformation is complete and Bella sits up. Everyone is wary, especially Jasper, of Bella and her newborn strength and rage. Bella is calm and describes her new senses. She and Edward then go hunting in the woods nearby. When Bella smells some stray hikers, so runs forward with the intent of feeding on their blood. Edward is behind her, trying to stop her, Much to his surprise, Bella is able to stop and turn around and run the other direction, away from their lustrous smell. They then hunt for an animal, and Bella brings down a mountain lion with ease. When they return home, Edward describes what happened and everyone is amazed at Bella's control. They wonder if it is because she as been preparing herself for it for so long. Bella can smell Jacob and the baby, Renesmee, downstairs, and she is confused as to why Jake is still around. She wants to go see Renesmee though, and with all of the Cullens there to keep Bella under control, they allow it. Renesmee, although only a few hours old, looks like she is months old. She is very alert and is "talking" in her own special way. She has a power that allows her to communicate with others through pictures and memories if she touches someone's face with her hand. A worried Jake holds Renesmee out to Bella and Bella is able to hold her, only as long as Jake has his hands on her too. When Jacob calls Renesmee by a nickname, Nessie, Bella becomes furious that he named her after some mythical creature in Loch Ness, and the baby is handed off to someone else before Bella attacks Jake. Seth, a young werewolf and friend with the vampires, jumps in front of Jake and gets his shoulder injured. Bella is taken under control and calms herself down. Bella soon learns that Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee, and she doesn't like that idea at all, as Jake is now almost like a son-in-law, or will be in later years. During this time, things with the pack have settled, and Jake has control. Later, Bella, Jake and Renesmee are hunting in the nearby woods and Irina, the vampire from the Denali clan who fell for Laurent, sees them and takes off quickly. With Jacob and Renesmee, Bella returns home and reports what happened. Irina had gone to the Volturi, as Alice sees, and unfortunately for the Cullens, the Volturi have made their decision to come after them because they believe that Renesmee is a forbidden immortal child. The Cullens know that Irina was mistaken and decides the only way to stall the Volturi long enough to explain is to build a following of their own to witness for them. Bella forges documents for Jacob and Renesmee, just in case she needs them to escape. They all take a liking to Renesemee and agree to bear witness to the Volturi that she is not an immortal child. Bella also discovers her power of mind-privacy has a shielding effect she could possibly carry to others. During the month of preparation for the Volturi, several of the vampires with quantifiable supernatural talents help her learn to expand the barrier. When the Volturi finally come, all of the vampires, along with the werewolves meet in a clearing in the forest. Although they discover that they were misinformed, caus kills Irina as punishment for the wrong information, the Volturi are not satisfied to leave because they want to fight and take the vampires with gifts for themselves. Bella's gift disables the Volturi's offensive fighters, Alec and Jane because she can shield everyone on her side. Aro, Caius and Marcus are going to vote on whether or not Renesmee is going to be a danger to the vampire world when she grows up. Caius thinks she will be, but Marcus disagrees. Just before Aro casts his deciding vote, Alice and Jasper return with another half-human, half-vampire from South America who is now over one hundred years old. He and his two sisters (who are also half-vampire, half-human) have never caused any danger to the vampire world. Facing no other choice, Aro chooses to give up the fight, and the Volturi flee. However, before they leave, they reveal that the so-called werewolves are not actual werewolves, but rather "shape shifters", who adapted to only be able to shift into wolf forms. The vampires celebrate their victory, along with Edward and Bella, who have successfully protected their child. She places her hands on his cheeks and tries to push her shield away, something that she had been working on secretly. She brings up all of the specific memories that she wants Edward to see , and then Edward is finally able to see them. She shows Edward special moments between the two of them from her perspective, letting Edward see for the first time just how deeply she loves him. The book ends saying And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.
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Answer 2

In Breaking Dawn, there are three books. In Eclipse, Jacob had recently left, and was supposed to be best man for the wedding. When Bella get's married in the first book in Breaking Dawn, Jacob shows up and asks to dance with Bella. When he hears that Edward is going to make love to Bella while she's human, makes Jacob get extremely pissed. And he nearly kills Bella-by accident. After the wedding, Edward takes Bella to Isle Esme, an island of the coast of Brazil. And he grants her wish and makes love to her. Bella wakes up to find that Edward bruised her, but doesn't care. Edward was horrified. Bella asks for more, and Edward tries to wear Bella out with adventures around the island. However, it doesn't work, and he makes love to her again. Bella went to go get something from her suitcase, and finds a box of unused tampons. She realizes that her period is late. She goes into the bathroom and starts remebering her research on vampires in Twilight. And realizes she is pregnant. Edward is a statue on the bedroom floor when she tells him she is pregnant. Bella calls Carisle and he confirms she is pregnant. Bella calls Rosalie for help. Then Edward and Bella go back to Forks.

In the second book, it is about Jacob. When Jacob visits the Cullens to see Bella, he finds out that Bella is pregnant and Edward wants to save Bella, so he asks Jacob to make love to her. Jacob goes into the house and asks Bella about it. Then Jacob goes back to LaPush and tells Sam. sam orders the pack to kill the baby and Bella. Jacob stands up to Sam and tells him he is wrong. Then Jacob makes his own pack. Seth and Leah Clearwater join him. The separate pack, the Cullen Werewolves, patrol the house to make sure Sams pack doesn't hurt the baby and Bella. The rest of the book goes during Bellas pregnancy and birth. Edward turns Bella into a vampire during the childbirth to save her. Jacob goes downstairs and sees Rosalie comforting the child. He morphs, and grabs the child with his teeth, then he imprints on her.

In the third book, Bella becomes a vampire, and meets Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Resmee's first name is a mixture of Renee and Esme. Carlie is a mix of Charlie and Carilse. Emmett talks about Bellas sex life in front of Charlie, and he gets beaten in arm wrestle by Bella for revenge. Then Irina sees Renesmee, and mistakes her for an immortal child. The Cullens and Resmee are plotted to be destroyed by the Volturi, as what Alice sees. She and Jasper leave to find Nahuel, an immortal vampire, who shows he is no harm and Renesmee is safe. Then Bella and Edward go home with their daughter, and Bella heaves her shield out of her head to show Edward how much she loves him.

Answer 3

Breaking Dawn is split into three separate parts. The first part details Bella's marriage and honeymoon with Edward, which they spend on a private island, called Isle Esme, off the coast of Brazil. Two weeks into their honeymoon, Bella realizes that she is pregnant with a half-vampire child and that her condition is progressing at an unnaturally accelerated rate. After contacting Carlisle, who confirms her pregnancy, she and Edward immediately return home to Forks, Washington. Edward, concerned for Bella's life and convinced that the fetus is a monster as it continues to develop with unnatural rapidity, urges her to have an abortion. However, Bella feels a connection with her unborn baby and refuses.

The novel's second part is written from the perspective of shape-shifter Jacob Black, and lasts throughout Bella's pregnancy and childbirth. Jacob's Quileute wolf pack, not knowing what danger the unborn child may pose, plan to destroy it, also killing Bella. Jacob vehemently protests this decision and leaves, forming his own pack with Leah and Seth Clearwater. The fetus in Bella's body grows swiftly and Bella soon gives birth, but the baby breaks many of her bones and she loses massive amounts of blood. In order to save her life, Edward changes her into a vampire by injecting his venom into her heart. Jacob, who was present for the birth, almost immediately "imprints"-an involuntary response in which a shape-shifter finds his soul mate-on Edward and Bella's newborn daughter, Renesmee.

The third section of Breaking Dawn shifts back to Bella's perspective, describing Bella's painful transformation and finding herself changed into a vampire and enjoying her new life and abilities. However, the vampire Irina misidentifies Renesmee as an "immortal child", a child who has been turned into a vampire. Because "immortal children" are uncontrollable, creating them has been outlawed by the Volturi. After Irina presents her allegation to the Volturi, they plan to destroy Renesmee and the Cullens. In an attempt to survive, the Cullens gather other vampire clans from around the world to stand as witnesses and prove to the Volturi that Renesmee is not an immortal child. Upon confronting the gathered Cullen allies and witnesses, the Volturi discover that they have been misinformed and immediately execute Irina for her mistake. However, they remain undecided on whether Renesmee should be viewed as a threat to vampires' secret existence