Harry Potter is a superior book series to Twilight.

The Harry Potter series consists of much better role models for females. Focusing on the two leading ladies both series, Hermione Granger shows how independence, knowledge, and a genuinely pure heart can bring happiness and strength even through difficult times. She often is sought after by her friends for her advanced knowledge of wizardry. She is careful and always manages to eye a situation, examine it, and warn her friends about how things could turn and not end up in their favor. She is known to be the smartest witch of her age, but never brags about it. She isn't particularly beautiful with her frizzy hair and bucked teeth, but she doesn't have self-esteem problems that would lead her to second guess herself or depend on others. In the 6th installment, her love interest (and close friend) Ron Weasley gets together with another girl. This is the second time in the entire series that Hermione cries, but it doesn't stop her world. She continuous studying and working even harder to show him what he is missing. In the 7th book, while the trio is out hunting for horcruxes (objects that contain fragments of Voldemort's soul- he's the bad guy), Ron gets tired of the search and plans to return home. After an argument that leaves Hermione distraught, Harry comforts her (she actually has friends) and they continue their search. Hermione can pull herself out of the depression, which she could easily sink into, knowing her friend and the search is more important. Bella Swan, the main character from Twilight, can be seen as almost a polar opposite of Hermione Granger. She has moved to a new town to live with her helpless father and makes friends (I use this term loosely because she often dodges the plans they make and never calls them back) with poorly depicted high school teenagers. She instantly falls for the gorgeous Edward Cullen. She frequently is dependent on her male counter parts. Many times through the first book, Edward is saving her from her own klutziness. She falls, passes out, and almost gets hit by a van. In every case, Edward is there to literally catch her or even use his vampire abilities to damage the side of the van, making a cove so that Bella Swan is safe. He risks exposing himself to the word to save her, even though she is a complete stranger. The same resounding theme of helplessness can be seen in the beginning of New Moon. When Edward leaves Bella for Italy, she ventures further into the woods, gets lost, and curls into a ball on the forest floor, crying for hours on end until she eventually passes out. Even months later, she has nightmares of the incident. Her father often worries about her and her lack of nutrition. She even gets to the point of wanting to throw her-self off of a cliff because she fantasizes seeing Edward. A break up leaves her damaged beyond repair. Bella Swan has no significant attributes. She is plain, skinny, pale and quite awkward. She depends on men to make her decisions. She is often found in the kitchen making food for her father (taking her traditional role in the kitchen, no doubt) and her entire existence is surrounded around two men. She falls in love with Edward and runs back to Jacob as a rebound whenever she doesn't feel wanted. Hermione is strong, independent, and wise. Progressively through the series, you can see Hermione grow. She defends herself, is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in, and even at one point punches a ruthless boy named Draco Malfoy. She creates a club vouching for the equal treatment of house elves after seeing the elves that make the food at Hogwarts (the Wizarding School she attends). She advocates equality whether it be race, species, or gender. Overall, Rowling creates her (good) characters so that they realistically demonstrate fathomable qualities in hopes that the readers will aspire to be more like them. While Granger has flaws, Rowling makes it a point in the series to show the audience that everyone has good and bad in them. Meyer's characters are rather flat and stereotypical. Bella is needy, unable to function without a man, whiny, and often avoids her 'friends' to mope over Edward.