Post 3

For this blog entry I really wanted to discuss more about the discussion we were having in class about wanting to be a vampire or not. Starting with looking at chapter 3 and the scene where Gilda kills the one slave catcher. Throughout the novel thus far we have seen examples of vampires with different values. Gilda and Bird are the nicer vampires while Eleanor and Fox are the more stereotypical bad vampires. I would not want to become a vampire because it would be so hard to stay being a good vampire. Even Gilda is tempted to kill more and gets a thrill out of killing the man. Im sure throughout the novel she will be more tempted to turn to the "bad" vampire side and thrive off the thrill of killing people. In a sense by Gilda being somewhat normal and not killing people she is keeping some sense of humanity left in her. While the bad vampires who all love killing lost there sense of humanity, since what sane human takes a thrill in killing like Eleanor and Fox did. I think Gilda is still trying to hold on to whatever part of humanity she has left so the idea of being a bad vampire does not totally consume her.
Also i would not want to be a vampire because i feel like you would loose your emotions. I mean for example if you fall in love for the 18000 time its not gonna feel the same as it did for your first time. If you keep experiencing the same thing over and over again its gets old and you loose feelings. Sure if you are human you feel bad emotion and there are bad times, but the really really good times and amazing feelings and emotion you have usually overshadow the bad times. I would never want to have my emotion become dumb, because without emotions and feelings you really aren't fully living. That is why i would not want to become a vampire, and i think Gilda might even regret the desicion later on in the novel, and because of this may even fall on the thrill of killing or being bad to make up for a lack of emotions and feeling.

Kenny Liszewski Post Number Three