Chapters one and two of The Gilda Stories were this week's readings. In class the main topic of discussion seemed to be based around people being good and people being bad. Looking at Gilda and her life as a vampire, many see her as a bad person but then she is also seen as a good person for helping them. In chapter one Gilda is a young girl who is having to deal with the change in life. She is referred to ask the Girl because it shows how she really has no identity. She is faced with having to deal with killing her rapist and then adapt to the life in the brothel. Once she settles in and gets to know Gilda and Bird she then has to deal with Gilda ending her life and making the Girl the new Gilda.
In chapter 2 Gilda has to watch Bird leave her side. As a result of this Gilda had to learn her ways alone. She learned restraint when she was faced with the thought of killing Samuel. She was able to control herself from the urges because she knew it was wrong. She seems to struggle because she knows that she needs to feed off human blood in order to live but we see her showing a good side by helping the people she feeds off of. In my opinion Gilda tries to be a good person by helping the person she needs blood from but also because she need blood to survive so that's what she does. Gilda is different then Eleanor because Gilda tries to be good and Eleanor knows what she is doing is wrong and she doesn't care.
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