Richard Matheson’s I am Legend is about a man named Richard Neville who appears to be the only living survivor of a virus which has wiped out the rest of the world’s human population. During daylight hours he performs various tasks such as finding food and repairing his house, while at night he tries to survive being attacked by the vampires that the virus created. His wife and child killed by the virus, Neville is left alone and, for the first few months, resorts to loud classical music and excessive amounts of liquor to drown out the nightly sounds of vampires trying to make him leave the safety of his house.
The weaknesses of the vampires in this book aren’t overly different from those of Dracula. They fear crosses and cannot stand garlic. The vampires can only come out while the sun is down and go into hiding during the day. They also appear to fear mirrors. These vampires constantly taunt Neville in attempt to make him leave his house so they can drink his blood.
Neville tries to understand what has happened in the world and researches the virus in order to try to understand the disaster that has befallen the world.
The weaknesses of the vampires in this book aren’t overly different from those of Dracula. They fear crosses and cannot stand garlic. The vampires can only come out while the sun is down and go into hiding during the day. They also appear to fear mirrors. These vampires constantly taunt Neville in attempt to make him leave his house so they can drink his blood.
Neville tries to understand what has happened in the world and researches the virus in order to try to understand the disaster that has befallen the world.
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I am a little confused is the theme behind I am Legend about vampires or the virus?
"I am Legend" is more about Neville trying to survive his nights and trying to find out more about what the virus has done to the world's population. At night, the people he once knew try to kill him. For Neville, there really is no difference between a vampire and an infected person. Those infected are now, in his mind, vampires.
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