Interview with the Vampire Novel

Name Instructor Course Date Why Louis hated himself Louis was not born as a vampire but was born into the darkness of vampirism at the age of 25 when he was condemned to eternal life as a dead man. Louis lived in New Orleans together with mother, sister and brother where they owned a plantation. Their family was religious thus they were born and raised in the Catholic faith. Louis' brother was a good man who cared for him and whenever he wanted to talk to him Louis was ready and willing to listen to him. Louis too cared and loved him as a brother. Louis is turned into a vampire by Lestat after the death of his brother. After being turned into a vampire, Lestat does numerous killings and Louis blames himself since he could have controlled Lestat from doing them. All through the story, Louis seems to hate himself for not being able to control him because he had all the powers to stop Lestat. His brother came to him one day and told him that he had been having visions from God that they were to sell their family property and use that money to spread the word of God in France (Rice 4). Louis never believed any of his brother's stories and therefore refused to sell their property. One day they had an argument in their room; as his brother took the stairs down from the room, he lost his balance and fell, breaking his neck and dying instantly (Rice 6). Although it was an accident, Louis blamed himself for his brother's death saying that he is the one who killed him. If he could have believed his brother's stories and did as his visions were telling him, maybe his brother would not have died. After his brother died, he hated the plantation and never wanted anything to do with it; he moved his family to one of the houses in town and leased the plantation to an agency. He did not escape the torture of his brother's death; his sister started being harassed by questions about their brother's death and became hysterical. Louis blamed himself for all the miseries that his family was going through and started to drink. He wanted to die but he had no courage of killing himself because he knew that suicide is a sin according to the Catholic faith. So he started to walk in the dark streets alone with hopes of being murdered. After Lestat transformed Louis into one...