Below are a series of questions you can use to inspire your blog posts. I also encourage you to read other students' blogs and develop a blog in response to their ideas. Please make sure to provide the url to that student's blog so your readers can follow your analysis.
1) What differences do you see between the vampire characters in Dracula and the vampire characters in Interview? Considering our previous encounters with ghosts, ghouls, goblins, demons, and vampires, how do we see the concept of "the monster" being complicated in this novel? Consider the narrative perspective in this novel. How does Louis's first person narrative affect the way in which we view him as a "monster"?
2) What is the significance of slaves and slavery in this novel? How might this aspect of America's corrupt and violent past serve as a metaphor for vampirism in this novel? How is the slave/master relationship evident between several of the characters in this novel? What might be the significance of this theme?
3) Religion, specifically Catholicism, is certainly still with us in this novel. What is the significance of religion in this novel? What are some of the depictions of Catholicism in this novel? In broader terms, what sort of theological issues does this novel explore?
4) How might the vampire family we see in this novel be a "queering" of the traditional American nuclear family?
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