Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Big Question
Is immortality worth it? In the book Interview with a Vampire Louis turns himself immortal to escape the pain of his brothers death. But over and over again he asks himself if he made the right choice. He sees death all around him, he wants desperately to die. Also because he is a vampire he has to miss important events in his life like his sisters wedding, his mother's funeral and the love of his life. He has to explain to young Claudia why she can never age, how her mother died and how she became a vampire. He also has no way to escape the pain of his past life. He can't just forget it and these memories live with him forever, going wherever he goes. Lestat is no help to him. The one who created Louis is also his most hated enemy. Louis desires nothing but to escape Lestat, but Lestat tells him he does not know enough to survive on his own.So the person he hates most in the world is by his side until the end of time, and even if Louis escapes Lestat has all the time in the world to find him again. He can never escape his past, his enemies or even his fate. To be doomed to walk the earth for eternity. So the question comes back around, was his choice of Immortality worth it?
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