The final two chapters of The Gilda Stories continue to help support the notion that vampires have many layers to their personalities. They are not just the stereotypical vampires that we discussed in class, with white skin, fangs, capes, and no heartbeat. This is proven in the novel with the main character Gilda. Gilda looks nothing like a typical vampire, and the fact that she is a women goes against the stereotype. Gilda not only was different in her looks, but in the fact that she genuinely cared about people and their existence showed her as different from typical vampires.
Gilda showed that she cared about people throughout the entire novel. Although she did kill a few humans, and did turn people into vampires, she did it for the right reasons. The people that Gilda turned into vampires were unhappy with their lives, or they were in need of help. She always would look to help the people that she turned into vampires by looking into their thoughts. Julius was a depressed human being, who was searching for something meaningful in life. Similar to this, in the end of the novel, Effie was ready to kill herself and Gilda was able to talk her into becoming part of her vampire family.
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