Margaret DeMarco- Post 3

The difference between Gilda and her search for a family is very different from that of typical vampires. Comparing her to the vampires of Twilight is a prime example. In the Gilda Stories, it seems as though Gilda is trying to fill different voids she has in her life by turning people into vampires. For example, Bird was her "mother," and Julius acted as a brother figure. She continues to be unhappy and search for people to complete the family she does not have.

In the Twilight Saga, the vampires are in a very close nit family. No one would dare to leave the rest behind, as Bird did to Gilda, and they always have each others backs. They are constantly looking out for each others best interest and they do not go looking to turn people into vampires.

Although this may be true, there are some similarities between the two pieces, and their ways of "hunting." In the novel, the Gilda stories, Gilda turned Julius into a vampire. He was a lonely character, who was on his own, with no family or friends. It seemed as though he had nothing to live for. Because of this, Gilda took him in and turned him into a vampire. As well as in the Twilight series, Edward is turned into a vampire after a near death experience. He would have died if he were not to be taken in and cared for by his vampire family. In a sense, both pieces are similar in that they both have a case in which the human was turned into a vampire to further benefit the human, but for every human this is not the case.