Interview with the Vampire is a more traditional view of how vampires are perceived by the general eye. The story unfolds through a character referred to as boy interviewing vampire Louis. During Louis' lengthy anecdote of his life story and how he came to become the vampire that he is, a lot is revealed about the original idea of the vampire. The contemporary idea of the vampire has been altered by stories like Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer; the vampire of present is no longer synonymous with the need of human blood to survive, but rather more focused on romantic relationships. Interview with the Vampire shows a truly dark side of what makes the vampire truly horrifying. Louis explains that he was not always the vampire he we read him to be, but rather that he was forced to become one. Louis was once a regular human, not unlike the boy interviewing him, but his jealousy leads to the death of his brother, revealing that envy can be fatal. This incident ultimately causes Louis to embark on his vampiric journey and having to choose between the murder of humans to survive or to find alternate sources of food. The horror within this novel exists in it's relativity to reality; Everyone is susceptible to strong emotions that can cause them to act rashly which can lead to dire consequences for not only you, but those around you as well.
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