Breaking Dawn, the 4th book of the Twilight Series, Question?

Question

Let me get something clear...yes, I am a guy. Yes, I do read the Twilight books. And yes, I love them.

Anyway, I got a burning question inside and I really need help. This may be a spoiler if you haven't read the book yet. So yeah...

!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

In Book 3 of Breaking Dawn, it states that Bella is infuriated when she learns that Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee, and says that it is Jacob's fault that he has imprinted on her child. My question is: What does "imprinted" mean? I tried looking it up online but didn't work. So yeah, what does "imprinted" mean?

Please help! I rally need to know before I can go on with the amazing book!

Answer 1

it is mentioned in eclipse and breaking dawn imprinting is when the world no longer holds you here your soul-mate does.

Answer 2

It's what the werewolves do when they meet the one they'll be with for the rest of their life.  It's like finding their soulmate.  They have no control over how it happens, when it happens, and to who it happens.  One of the guys imprinted on a toddler and when she is a teenager they'll automatically be together.  So, when Reneseme is old enough then her and Jacob will be together.  And as long as the werewolves keep their wolf-ness.  They'll stay the same age forever.  As soon as they give up being a wolf, they will start to age.  So, if their "true love" is a baby or a kid and the wolf is like 16 or 17.  Then they can wait til their imprinted love becomes 16 or 17, give up being a wolf, and grow old together at the same age.

Answer 3

Hmmm,, let me think

imprinting is a special ability that only werewolves can do. its very hard to explain, but here is the best i can do:

when they imprint, its kinda like your choosing your soul mate for life, and you and that person seriously have no other choice but to be together. its so strong that it is completely impossible to be in love with someone else romantically and be away from the person you imprinted on. its like someone that your werewolf destiny has chosen for you. then when they day comes when you imprint, its like something is dragging you or compelling you to go where that person is, then you imprint on them. and when you imrpint, all the romantic feelings and love you have for someone completely washes away, and you can only love the person that you imprinted on. read the last page of the book of jacob to see how imptinting feels like. so when jacob imprinted on Nessie its like his romantic love he had for bella went away and he could only love her as a friend from then on. this is a summary of how Jacob said imprinting on Nessie felt like:

all the lines that were holding me to my life were sliced apart, everything that made me who i was drifted away like the love for Bella, the love for my father, my loyalty to my pack, the love for my brothers, the hatred for my enemies, my home, my name, myself, disconnected from me in that second and floated into space. a million new strings, but not just stings, but steel cables tying me to one thing, to the very center of the universe, which swirled around one point, the one point that tied me to the place where i stood, not gravity, but Renesmee.

-- hope this helps

Answer 4

imprinted is something the wolves experience with another person when they find their sole mate.  Kind of love at first sight.  Everything is in line in the universe and they both just know.  If you've read the other books re-read them because it's in there.

Answer 5

I was confused as well, until I reread eclipse. He tells bella about it there.  

Answer 6

it says it in the 2nd or 3rd... it's a wolf thing. it's when

a wolf sees a girl, no matter what age, and she's their

love, their one reason to live, no matter whether they

chose her or not. it's like love at first sight, but amplified.

hope i helped!!

Answer 7

Imprinting (in the werwolf/shapeshifting world of Twilight) is  when a pack member finds a mate/soul mate and they start to create a life with that person (which in most cases starts as just a caregiver and protector). It was the same thing that Sam Uley did with Emily and Quil did with Claire. Many readers were disturbed with what they perceived as pedophilia and improper relationships between men and girls. But, I think that Bella thinks of Jacob and Renesmee's relationship as more of brother/sister and that's why she accepts the imprinting.  

Answer 8

First off, Breaking Dawn is the 4th book in the series and not the 3rd. Second, you HAVE  to read all of the books before you read the final book. If you had read the first three you would know what imprinting meant because it was a large topic in the others. Oh and I know three guys reading the Twilight Saga right now and none of them are g*y-- so it's not a big deal that you're a guy.