I generally liked reading this story. There were some areas of the novel that seemed a bit slow but the rest of it was pretty good. I was kind of surprised by the ending. The whole novel revolved around the struggles and the hard times Louis went through as a vampire and yet at the end of it all, the boy wants to be just like him. This was not what Louis had set out to do when he started the interview. He wanted people to be aware of the trials and tribulations he went through in his long life. He lost the people he cared about, his brother, mother, Claudia, as well as himself. If I conducted an interview with a vampire, I believe I would have been terrified the entire time I was there. Because I understood and could sympathize with Louis about the story he was trying to tell as a reader, had I been the interviewer, I do not believe I would have reacted the same way the boy did. I think that story would have scared me straight and I would appreciate the life that I have as a human being. To me I think the boy was more like LeStat.
Sara,
ReplyDeleteCould you go into more detail as to why you think the boy was more like Lestat? I think this is an interesting claim and would like to hear more about it.
I agree that the boy was like Lestat only because he had no care for what he may lose. He wanted to "live" this lifestyle and found it fastinating. Louis had to much heart and emotion and he mad this decision out of pain and anger that he has always seemed to regret. He has too much of a conscience. Claudia I felt was like Lestat and the boy too because they had so much anger and they wanted to take whatever they could.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting claim. I never thought of comparing the boy to Lestat. Though I suppose I can see Lestat as being kind of childish in the same way the boy is. It's not so evident here except in the parts where Lestat strives to get whatever he wants with any means necessary. He want's Louis' plantation, so he turns the man, he wants Louis himself but Louis plans on leaving so Lestat turns an innocent child into an eternal vampire. He's selfish just like the reporter boy is. The reporter boy just hears what he wants to hear and ignores all of the repercussions that come with vampirism.
ReplyDeleteI never actually made a connection between the boy and Lestat. I think that you would connect these two because at the end the boy does seem selfish and after all these harsh memoirs that this vampire has and is telling him, the boy is still wanting to be a vampire. Lestat and the boy are a very good connection and it gives out a broader thinking 'bubble'.
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