During the past week we focused primarily on developing our close reading skills by choosing passages to interpret for deeper meaning. I felt that this was a great method to help the class better understand Gilda's character and the novel as a whole. For example, in the early chapters of the novel Gilda seems mysterious and misunderstood. In instances such as the passage on page 114 Gilda seems innocent; she simple defends herself from an inevitable attack which leads to the death of one man. As the novel progresses however, the readers attitude towards her may change.
One of the first signs of Gilda's "bad" side is seen when she kills one of the men who tried to attack her. The murder seemed very vicious and brutal when she could have killed him in a much more simple manner (although the adrenaline of the moment may have been the cause of this). Some of her selfishness is also seen once she decides to turn Julius into a vampire. There seemed to be no motive behind this, besides the fact that it's just what she wanted to do at the time. As each chapter progresses, it seems that we as readers see a different side of Gilda.
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