July 9th- Textual Reading - Interview with a Vampire

            I am finished with Interview with a Vampire. I have now found two obvious themes within the book, religion and relationship struggles. I have also watched the movie now, and I have a lot to say on that one.

            Throughout the book Rice writes a lot about God, and the vampires relationships to him. Are they the children of god, or are they the children of the devil? Are they completely damned? She also has a point in the book where Louis goes into a church, and ends up having a vision of terror and corruption. This is where he figures out that he is damned. Another big theme in the book would be relationships and struggles. Louis and Lestat have a very complicated relationship. Lestat created Louis into a vampire and so Louis basically follows Lestat around like a puppy most the time, and he cannot leave him even though he desperately wants to. He must stick around with him because Lestat claims to know "things" that Louis needs to know about being a vampire. On the other hand Lestat claims Louis as his “lover”, but in actuality it’s said that Lestat wants Louis mainly for his finacial experiences.  Eventually comes Claudia. Louis means to kill the little girl but Lestat found him doing so, which causes pain to Louis. Instead of killing the girl, Louis runs off. Lestat ends up changing Claudia into a vampire to keep Louis around and to have a “daughter” for them. Now Louis LOVES Claudia, and does everything for her. Lestat on the other hand has many problems with her. Especially towards the end.

            I enjoyed the book. I wouldn’t say it’s a favorite though. As I said in the post before I really love how Anne Rice wrote it. Now the movie is a different story. I picked out all the problems; the acting was terrible and just made me laugh most the time. It was neat seeing Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kristen Dunst, and Anotinio Banderaz all play the characters, but they just did NOT suit them. My favorite saying from the book wasn’t in the movie as well as some of my favorite concepts. Not to mention the ending of the book was FAR better than the movies ending!