Week Two: Vampires

            Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is one of the strangest stories I have ever read. The confuse relationship between the main characters is the point of interest. Louis, a vampire who resist the instinct of vampire, he prefers drinking animal blood than hunting for human blood. Lestat is a vampire who is full of vampire nature, which transforms Louis and Claudia into true vampires, selfish and cruel. Claudia is a 5 years old girl, who has Louis and Lestat as two of her dad.

            The love-hate relationship between the three characters, Louis, Lestat and Claudia is described all over in the story. The pain of being vampires and stuck in the body that will never grow are shown in this story. Claudia hates Lestat because he transformed her into a vampire. She blamed him for making her stuck in a five years old girl’s body. She plans to murder him. I think the reason Louis and Claudia hate Lestat is because of his personality, cruel and rude. If Lestat were more kind, they might be able to live happily together and no one has to die. This reflects to the relationship of people in the real world that if we learn to live together then there will be fewer problems. Another thing that Anne wrote to remind readers is in the last part of the story, the boy who interview Louis begged Louis to make him becomes a vampire. This is an example, showing how humans are always having their mind greedy for power even though they know what will happen to them. Just like the boy who knows everything from Louis, who had been suffer from being a vampire. The boy who interviews Louis ignored that fact anyways and is still want to be a vampire.    

            Vampire is an interesting creature. In the vampire story, most of them are male. A female vampire is less to see. Vampires are good looking. They are handsome and beautiful, may be this is the reason of how they are being able to catch any human they are interests in. This way, it is easier for them to hunt for human blood. So there’s no need to question why everyone loves to watch vampire movies (including me). Although, if it is a novel not a movie, it is still interesting to me. The tales of vampires are always about finding out and learning about vampire life.