One thing I find very interesting about this book is how differently the vampires in this story are portrayed compared to current vampire characters in movies and on television. Usually, we have always been told that vampires have fangs, they're evil, can't be in any sunlight, or they're really cold and sparkle in the light. Two popular vampires that come to mind are Dracula or Edward Cullen. In this story, Gilda can read minds, she is good, has much wisdom and she can be in indirect sunlight. One thing I found very interesting is that she is a women, which breaks the stereotype because even though other women vampires have been portrayed in other stories, usually when you think of a vampire you think of a man.
Another topic I wanted to discuss was one we talked about in class, which is whether Gilda was good or evil. I believe that although Gilda might not be purely good, she is not at all evil because she doesn't have a choice. The circumstances given to her force her to take other people's blood. Because it is something she did not want nor choose she can't be blamed for trying to survive. She also tries to help people by reading their minds, and trying to make up for all the wrong she does. I do understand the point that was made in class about her not being exactly good though because for the victims, Gilda was a very bad thing.
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