Bella Swan and discovers her worth "by giving up her identity and throwing away nearly everything in life that matters." Bella Swan was often compared to Katniss Everdeen on the publication of "The Hunger Games". Bella Swan Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is a character and the protagonist of the "Twilight" series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The "Twilight" series, consisting of the novels "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse", and "Breaking Dawn", is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view, but partway through "Breaking Dawn" it is written from the point of view of Jacob Black. In the film series, Bella is
Katniss Everdeen York Times", Katie Roiphe said that Katniss in "Mockingjay" was "a great character without being exactly likeable. [She] is bossy, moody, bratty, demanding, prickly", and commented that this is what makes many recent literature heroines likeable. "Entertainment Weekly" compared Katniss to Bella Swan from the "Twilight Saga" and said that "unlike "Twilight's" passive, angsty Bella, Katniss is a self-possessed young woman who demonstrates equal parts compassion and fearlessness." Laura Miller of Salon.com finds Katniss too virtuous and without motivation, negatively contrasting Katniss to Bella of "Twilight", saying, "In some ways, Katniss is more passive than Bella, allowed to have all