2. Interview With The Vampire

Interview with a Vampire is a fun book just on structural terms. I think the idea of a whole book being an interview was a really smart choice from Anne Rice. It's the same as using letters in Frankenstein, where it puts the reader right in the story using a relatable situation. From there, the audience is right on board with whatever happens to the character.

What strikes me as most interesting from the book is the relationship between Louis and Lestat, the vampire that turned Louis himself into a vampire. At the beginning, Luis is attracted to Lestat's way of living. But when he turns, he starts realizing what a horrible person Lestat is. And he starts seeing him as an animal without any morals because of how he feeds on other human beings. The funny thing is that Louis himself has the same desires as Lestat. He just decides to struggle with it and makes the conscious effort to not attack other people. But he's never rewarded for it, so it creates a very interesting portrayal of the human condition-- how people try so hard to be nice, but never get anything out of it.

Throughout the story (bear in mind, I haven't finished it), Louis and Lestat try to fit in with the common people around them. And yet, they're these horrible monsters with a virus-like condition. I feel like, looking at the story from this point of view, it also provides a look at how bad people (convicts and the like) can live in our society without our even noticing. That might be why vampires scare us so much, because not only can they live in our world, but they might be the people we sit next to in class or during lunch. Anne Rice goes the positive route and makes them be caught by the servants of the house they were staying at.