I Am Legend Research Paper

In the novel, I Am legend, the vampires go through various adaptations from the current normal to help them develop culturally, environmentally, and evolve to become the new normal. Various changes happen to help advance the development of the new normal. Some examples are how the vampires are able to go out into the light without getting hurt, the advancement of having more of a human language and culture, and even learning about the threats in the world that could potentially hurt them. While the conflict between the vampires and Neville also teaches the new society how to handle the conflict of a force that could potentially wipe them out.
The new society began with the bacteria itself infecting the humans to be its new host and to be able to continue to live. Yet, Neville and the readers do find out that bacteria can mutate and is adapting to the current world to live without having the bodies of the host dying at an early stage. This also solves the issue for the vampires to be able to go out while it’s dark and also while the sun is out through evolution. Not only this, but the mutation can pose as a defense against anyone who would try to create a cure for returning the new normal back to the old, just like how Neville realized that it is a bacteria that will continue to mutate against his cures. …show more content…
While the entire novel shown just several vampires speaking full words, Ruth and Ben Cortman, the movie had only shown grunting and screams. This fact relates back to prehistoric times where early communications had only used screams and grunts and not developed a full vocabulary. There was also an instance where the leader of the vampires was looking for another vampire and had used symbols for communication by using the butterfly to relate to the girl that had the same exact