No Such Thing as Vampires

sense of its own (white) American identity. She refers these black characters and images endemic to American literature as the “Africanist presence” (17). Through Morrison’s theory of the Africanist presence, we can better understand how Buffy the Vampire Slayer employs characters like Kendra and larger themes of monstrosity and darkness to uphold the power, and fundamental whiteness, of its heroine. Kendra, who has no last name, is first introduced in the season two episode “What’s My Line”.…

completely by surprise, and even made me tear up. This character is Finnegan Miller, also known as Finn. Finn is my favorite character from “Enter, Night” because of the innocence that he has, how deeply he loves someone or something and his interest in vampires and the supernatural. When Finn is introduced in the novel he appears to be this happy, carefree young boy, who doesn’t have any problems or pain. While every other character in the book seems to suffer from loss or the effects Parr’s…

closes the gap between them, moving close enough to touch, but carefully avoids contact. “You don’t see anything at all? You’re sure it’s gone.” “Pretty sure, yeah. Nothing new since before I woke up downstairs.” “Not even in here? All my personal things? Not triggering anything?” Alaric looks around listlessly, wanting to help Damon somehow, barely registering the furniture and knick-knacks filling the space. “No.…

Nobody "Bod" Owens: Lost both of his parents to a cold-blooded killer when he was just a toddler , Bod had born into harsh conditions . A normal kid generally can't withstand these conditions but bod was raised by a graveyard : protected by a vampire , learned the language of ghouls and ghosts , learned how to disappear in the shadows at dangerous times , learned how to dreamwalk to terrorize evildoers minds and last but not least he developped a character in the graveyard . Although he…

Human beings are familiar and known while vampires take that familiarity of humanity and they make it unfamiliar and also terrifying. Vampires appear to be human, they share many of the same qualities, but at the same time they are not human at all. This liminal state is something that is foreign to us and we cannot comprehend it. Something hidden being revealed is part of our requirement for being uncanny, so vampires also represent the uncanny because they resemble a human so…

Books, movies, and even games have remade vampires for years. It’s been dragged out and overdone, so much to where it becomes boring and repetitive. I’ve always thought of these entertainments as overrated. A love story between mythical creatures and mortals have become predictable and an absolute cliche. Despite all of these opinions that could turn any face anyway from a story containing the drama between creatures with sharp teeth and pale skin, Reckoning is a sizable exception. Furthermore,…

loved and knew inside and out is now a completely different person? Ever since they were little kids, Simon’s personality and physical traits have been known by Clary. In The Mortal Instruments City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare, Simon is bitten by a vampire, and some of his old, quirky attributes change. Clary and Simon’s relationship starts to change because he is no longer the boy he used to be. This novel allows me to evaluate the tragedy of the stolen Soul-Sword, the significance of Simon’s…

colour; but Lucy’s eyes unclean and full of hell-fire instead of the pure, gentle orbs we knew” (226). This shows how the others know Lucy to be a sweet, harmless, girl but the reality at the time is that Lucy is not who she once was. Instead, she is a vampire who is cold, heatless, and cruel. Another example is when Dr. Seward is writing in his diary about Quincey dyeing. Quincey says, “Now God be thanked that not all has been done in vain! See! The snow is not more stainless than her forehead!…

The only thing in the world that’s constant is war. It was an aphorism murmured in the sticky summer of 1864 as the Civil War tore America apart—and it was a truth that had only become more evident in my more than twenty years as a vampire. Every time I picked up the paper, there were stories of humans fighting humans: brawls on the streets of San Francisco, uprisings in India, insurrections all over Europe. And once blood had been shed and graves marked, they’d start all over again. But the…

the main character that is consider to be a Goth. Based on what people think about Goths they imagine them to be scary, rude, or even demon like. But in this movie you see a very sweet man that would do anything thing for anyone and not think twice about it. This goes against every thing people think about Goths. This movie shows what it is like to be a Goth in the modern society. Edward is found all alone in a mansion by a lady named Peg. She takes him to her household where her family accepts…