After reading this book, I would say humanity and destiny are the ideas the author places in opposition to one another. Louis struggles with humanity, and Lestat follows vampire’s nature, enjoys nighttime and killing. And the author seems to privilege humanity over the other for me, because the book writes from his personal perspective, I can get lots of internal monologue from Louis. However, Louis fails in the end, he ends to go vampire’s final destiny, infinite loneliness, and follows vampire’s rules to live.
I think Rich was showing up the difference. And then I realize that’s the point Rich wants to point out, because it makes me start to think what if I become a vampire?
I read a lot Louis’ internal monologue by the author written, even a bit impatient in the end, because I was thinking Louis is a hypocrisy character. He wants to keep his goodness and residual humanity, but he always fails, ends up killing people; He wants to stop Claudia, but he didn’t. Why Rich create such awkward character?
She drags viewers in this struggling situation, by using “unsuccessful vampire” Louis to make people imagine if they are a vampire.
Therefore, “Louis”, this character becomes meaningful and important.
For me, I'm just going to do what a vampire will do, enjoy nighttime, drink blood. I don’t feel guilty because a vampire doesn’t exist, and they are mystery and handsome built by model literature.
But what if a vampire indeed represents some real community in human society? What if I am a vampire in some community’s view?
People have privileges, they won’t realize those are privileges.
I never think of struggling with anything because I never realize my community may hurt some community. Rich makes people experience the difference by using vampire background. And there may be lots of people like me, she wrote for people who can’t stand the same view to understand others’ situation. Just like, Lestat knows what Louis said when he struggles, but he won’t agree with Louis even though he loves Louis.
Louis is the character who knows the difference and fights with that.
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