TidesHaas-Lit

Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire is interesting but it's not something I would normally read. It’s very wordy in my opinion explaining topics or points that normally wouldn’t be necessary to be explained. It feels more like a drabbled writing that is pieced together than something that is solid. The story questions vampires and wonders it left me wondering just what the moral line was and where to draw it. Like Claudia who was stuck in a 5 year-olds body for the entire amount of her life the thought of it is devastating and got me questioning just what is too much. The whole eternal life doesn’t seem all its cut out to be when viewing it as you get stuck when you were turned. It’s more like a curse like this then an actual blessing that some would think it to be. Watching your friends and family die off would leave a huge metal scar on anyone numbing them to nothing. It’s great for character development though as it adds tons of awful dramas to shape and mold the chara...

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is quite different from the newer take of the  Frankenstein that I have grown up with. He isn't someone that you necessarily can grow fond of or show compassion for. Her Frankenstein is Blunt, Bulky, and unstable with his thoughts. He is educated which I thought was odd well-spoken and childish. It is an odd combo that makes for an interesting character. It odd to think about how we went from this Frankenstein to say the Van Helsing 2004 American horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. Where Frankenstein is more human, with a love for his creator and an understanding of his purpose. I feel this is a more animated and better revival of his character. With the Modern Frankenstein, we can relate more to the character because he has similar wants and aspirations as people would. He is relatable. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein while well-spoken just seems kind of daft demanding a woman as that will solve his problems. Everyone in the book ...

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