The personalities of the vampires that Neville originally knew can be compared to those of Stoker’s Dracula. These vampires are obsessed with blood. Every night, they try to coax Neville out of his house so they can feed. The female vampires make obscene sexual gestures to try to tempt him, like the female vampires in Stoker’s novel. However, there is more to the vampire infections than at first met the eye.
Unknown to Neville, there were many people who were infected with the virus, but did not show signs of the vampire infection. This is similar to when someone is a carrier of a genetic disease: the person has a gene for it, but they only show certain, less threatening, signs of the illness. Neville has been killing these people while they were asleep without knowing about this information. Many of these people have flocked together to start society again. They live their lives as they would have without the bacteria. This is completely different from the vampires of Dracula. These semi-vampires are able to live out life like they were really living, compared to Dracula whose life was consumed by what he had become.
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Im starting to draw a lot of similarities to the chracters that are in these books. Most have different traits but similar motivates behind what they do. How far back do this legendary characteristics date back??
Awesome job, Meredith. Your diligence and dedication create a fruitful, interesting publication.
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