In Breaking Dawn Edward tells Jacob the he can kill him if Bella dies seeing as he doesn't want to live without Bella.
At first Jacob agrees however later on, once they believe Bella to be dead, Jacob says he will not kill Edward as he wants him to suffer.
The “winter dreams” of the story refer to the American Dream that Dexter<span> comes to embody, but success brings a high cost, and social mobility restricts Dexter’s capacity for happiness. Dexter is from humble origins: his mother was an immigrant who constantly struggled with the language of her adopted homeland. The central irony of the story is that realizing the American Dream yields bleak rewards. For example, when Dexter was a young caddy, he dreamed about success and wealth and the happiness they would bring. When he finally beats T. A. Hedrick in a golf tournament, however, the triumph brings him little joy. Dexter is able to transcend middle-class inertia but, despite his tireless efforts to advance his fortunes, forced to accept that money cannot buy happiness.</span>
"The curtains were covered in dust and smog, like the rest of the city, both slowly decaying in their age."
This literary movement is called Naturalism.
It is derived from the theories of Charles Darwin as applied to civilizations referred to as Social Darwinism.
