For years, the vampire has been a figure meant to strike fear. The reason is obscure seeing as the vampire itself has had multiple origins and multiple ways of life, some being nowhere near human and some being so close to human that you not only sympathize but empathize with their hardships and lack of feeling they belong.

Interview with a Vampire is no exception. Anne Rice is able to introduce to us a character that is so relatable that the fact he is a vampire is often forgotten or overlooked. Louis, our main vampire character, though newly recruited, is still expected to show signs of what a "vampire" is from the get-go. But from his days as a human to his transformation, little change is noticeable. That's not to say that as a vampire, Louis is able to see daylight and doesn't feed off humans, but more so his moral nature has remained the same.

Compare this to the novel Dracula, in where our main vampire, The Count, has changed another character, Lucy, into a vampire. The moment Lucy had fully transformed, she is as blood thirsty as Dracula himself, dropping all morals and turning to do whatever need be done to survive. It doesn't begin there, however, as this nature of Dracula's version of the vampire is clear within the first chapters. An example being the three female vampires ready to feed on our protagonist Jonathan. They show no signs that they have a thought-process anywhere near human and don't cease to show their hunger for Jonathan. Dracula, though at times able to control himself, is also still a suspicious character from the moment we meet him.

Compare this to Louis, and you will see a dramatic difference.

In his new skin, Louis still has Louis' personality and morals. He refuses to yet kill humans to survive but rather begins his new life by feeding on animals and himself says, "I wished to understand death in stages...wished to save the experience of human death for my mature understanding. But it was moral," (Pg. 71). Though he acknowledges that as he grows as a vampire, he will soon begin to feed on humans, he points out that he must first understand more about being a vampire to act as one.

It also seems that Louis, though gradually growing comfortable with being a vampire, still has his clear issues with it. When Lestat, his maker, captures a young girl named Claudia to turn into a vampire, Louis must have his first feed on a human child. He notices now his new nature coming through. "I remembered the powerful beating of her heart...I hungered for it," (Pg. 89). With Lestat there, convincing him he wants it and needs it, Louis bites into her and feeds. But when Lestat chooses to turn Claudia into a vampire, Louis becomes upset, but just as well, does not choose to stop Lestat. This shows that though Louis still has his morals, they are slowly becoming overpowered by nature.