Thursday, February 3, 2011

The End.


The book Interview with a Vampire, by Anne Rice is the story of three vampires, Lestat, Claudia, and Louis. At first Lestat is the only vampire in New Orleans until Louis and later on Claudia are both turned into vampires. Throught much conflict with Lestat, Claudia decides to retaliate and attempt to kill him, Louis and Claudia flee to Europe only to encounter more of their kind in Paris. After meeting a twisted cult of vampires in Paris a series of unfortunate happening occur until Louis is left alone with a new vampire, the leader of the vampire cult, Theatres De Vampires, Armand. After a bit of adventure in Europe with Armand Louis finally realizes that he must return to New Orleans, where he lives in solitude mourning the death of his beloved Claudia. He becomes almost a Lestat like character in the end as Lestat was in the beginning of the book, a lone vampire killing every human he passes. The entire story is told from as if written directly from an interview with Louis himself, conducted by a young journalist. This entire story is full of hidden gender perceptions and it can be said that this book kind of kick started the vampire trend. Throughout the book Louis and Claudia share a sort of twisted love connection; with immortality becomes the lessoning of the normal stigmas of romance. Claudia is five years old when she is turned into a vampire, but as she grows older her mind matures into that of a woman, she becomes a strong leader in the book even though she still has the appearance of a five year old. Her and Louis develop the sort of intimate relationship the sort of intimate relationship of a couple without the normalcy. This book explores more than just the lives of vampires, on a deeper level it explores relationships and how they evolve through immortality.

1 comment:

  1. Your summary is good, but it skips much of what makes the end of the book interesting, and your critical thinking portion is a bit short. I enjoyed your clips from the movie embedded in your entry.

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