Interview with the Vamprie

When we think of vampires, we think of cold heartless beings that lay dormant during the daytime in a coffin, waiting for the nighttime to come so they can drain the life our of their next meal. These beings seem to have no existence; nothing to show or even no idea of what is beyond their isolated castle walls.

This is why I found Interview with the Vampire to be so intriguing; it brought about a new thought process in what it means to be a vampire. Here we have Louis, a once normal man, who is suddenly thrown against his will into an immortal life that he didn't choose.

What was so interesting about Louis was that we were able to follow him on his mental thought process into finally accepting and discovering his new vampiric way of life, while still maintaining his human traits. We see him struggle with the ideas of good and evil and how they cross paths with his new ways of survival.

Humans struggle with this moral debate when it comes to living off of animals, but there is a disconnect there that is not available when your food comes form your own species.

What was also interesting about the new world that opened up to him, was the complexity of it all. The secretive yet highly sophisticated network of vampires taking their existence somewhat mundanely brought me that same fascination of when I read Harry Potter and found out about this hidden wizard world.