From the beginning we have seen Gilda grow and change from the Girl to the vampire Gilda. Thus far in the book we have seen Gilda acting in different ways. At times we saw her feeling guilty for taking blood from someone so she would in return help them. We also saw her kill a man through anger but, when looking at this aspect we see her refacing her slave master that she had to kill at the beginning of the novel. This makes us look at Gilda as a woman who is trying to live her life as a vampire without destroying others lives yet, she is confused and unable to figure out how to fulfill her blood cravings without killing people.
In chapter 5 Gilda is faced with making the choice of turning Julius into a vampire or not. She ends up deciding to turn him into a vampire and I think to an extent she is being selfish but I also think she is doing it because she cares for him. The selfish aspect of it is because we see a part of Gilda wanting someone to replace Bird in her life and Julius can be there for her like Bird was. I believe she made the right choice in turning Julius into a vampire because he is alone also and he wants a better life and by Gilda turning him into a vampire they can now happily be together. Gomez states, "They would be each other's family now." By giving Julius a new life does not make up for the times when Gilda has killed people because she has destroyed people's lives and just because she is trying to help one person be happy does not mean she can forget about all the bad that she has done.
Good reading of Chapter 5, Hannah.
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