Interview with the vampire

I watched this film before, I was so immersed by the plot and the complex relationship between the character, so I’m pretty excited to read the novel version.

The novel interview with the vampire is narrated from a third-person limited point of view, which is focused on the main character, Louis. In this novel, Annie Rice definitely focused on how human nature, immortality, and mortality plays in a relationship.

From the outset Louis struggles with his vampire nature, refusing for a long time to feed on human blood, eating only small animals instead. On the other side, Lesta and Armand contests Loui’s sense of humanity and morality urging him to embrace his essence pushes Louis to accept he is no longer a human, but he is a much more powerful and supreme creature, and when Louis makes the conscious choice to turn madeleine into a vampire, he surrenders to his “nature” of being a vampire. He finally destroying the obvious remnants of his humanity.

On the other hand, humans like the interviewer fear death and are intoxicated by the idea of immortality as an avoidance of the inevitable end to the only existence they’ve known. Yet even in this act, Louis shows his self-sacrifice, going against his principles to make Claudia happy. Filled with love for his “daughter”, Louis is willing to destroy himself to ensure her happiness.

The relationship between Louis and Lestat is the most interesting part I found in this novel. Louis was struggling to understand what he is and where he comes from, remains tormented by the thought that as a vampire he is an inherently evil creature, at this stage, he is so venerable and lost. The person he seeks out for is Lestat. His dependent on Lestat and Lestat enjoys being dependent on. However, without Louis Lestat would have long-lost himself. Their relationship is like sun and moon. The moon cannot shine without the sun but at the same time, the moon reflects the light of the sun and makes it gentler easier to bear.