The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Dead Until Dark Today I will be doing my book chat on Dead Until Dark authored by Charlaine Harris. Dead Until Dark is the first book to The Southern Vampire Mysteries series. As the rest of the series, this book is narrated by Sookie Stackhouse, a fictional character living in a fictional life. Sookie is a 25 year old waitress at Merlotte’s Bar, living with her grandmother Adele and her older brother Jason in a small fictional town in Louisiana, Bon Temps. In this imaginary world, vampires and other supernaturals are a phenomenon. Sookie is not like any other humans. She is telepathic, meaning she has the ability to read everyone’s minds. A normal person like you may think being telepathic, is a blessing. However, for Sookie it became more of a nuisance as she is unable to be around people or have any type of relationships with them because of the weary feeling it brings her. Meeting Bill Compton, a vampire and a Civil War veteran was a miracle to her considering, he is very attractive and more importantly, she cannot read his mind. She was thrilled with this fact and also caused her to be enticed by the alluring vampire. Having Bill present in her life will introduce her to a whole new world where she only read about but not once, experienced. Corny as it may be, this book proves the quote, “Love has no barriers.”…

Dead Until Dark “I’d been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar. Ever since vampires came out of the coffin two years ago, I’d hoped one would come to Bon Temps. We had all the other minorities in our little town, why not the newest, the legally recognized undead?” Dead Until Dark is a thrill intriguing book, that grasps your attention, and you cannot put the book down. Sookie Stackhouse, born and raised in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She’s a small town girl, with very few…

Dead Until Dark Dead Until Dark, a fantasy, mystery novel by Charlaine Harris, looks at changes in the structure of society as a point of crisis to explore identities of violence and sexual deviance, using the vampire as the abject or other that, ultimately, reflects the self. The society depicted in Dead Until Dark finds itself in crisis due to the revelation that vampires exist and want to become a visible part of the community. However, vampires must deal with abjection as they enter society:…

Just days shy of Halloween, archaeologists in Bulgaria have made a fitting discovery: a skeleton “vampire” grave—metal stake in its chest and all. Professor and archeologist Nikolai Ovcharov found the creepy burial during excavations at the ruins of the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon, in southern Bulgaria, close to the border of Greece. Referred to as the “Bulgarian Indiana Jones,” Ovcharov has dedicated his life to unearthing mysteries of ancient civilizations. “We have no doubts that…

Anne Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire (1976) takes the life of vampire Louis Pointe du Lac as the subject matter. A reporter wants to listen to his story so Louis starts to tell how he became a vampire and what he had been through. Louis mentions that he used to be a plantation master and he suffered a lot after the death of his wife while giving birth to their child in 1791 of Spanish Louisiana. Then he is turned into a vampire by Lestat and hates being a vampire after killing people and…

Mindy Phan 278716 August 25, 2014 Civil War Journal Based on Seth Graham-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter People of the Civil War 1. Sec. of State William Seward Because of his prominence and support in the Republican Party, William Seward earned his position as the nation’s Secretary of State from 1861-1869, under Abraham Lincoln. William possessed the trait as an active abolitionist and contributed to the abolishment of slavery. In Maryland, he gave his overt suggestion to Abraham…

A Vampire: ?I Regret What I Had Done.? Today, vampire is the hottest topic in novels, movies, and dramas around the world. Belief in vampires has existed for thousands of year in many different cultures around the world. In original folklore and mythology, the traditional vampires tend to be inhuman and have no soul. They are truly monstrosities. They feed human?s blood in the midnight and enjoy killing people. Today?s outlook on vampires is more positive. Some modern vampires are very human and…

“one cannot deny that the concerns of this story are the basic concerns of Christian belief: faith, death, salvation” (n.p.). Stephen Brandy supports his thesis with critiques from other critics, biblical references, and O’Connor’s own criticism of her short story. Gresham, Stephen. "Things Darkly Buried: In Praise of 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'." Shenandoah 60.12 (2010):17. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. The critic, Stephen Gresham, argues that things buried do not…

today’s era. The inquisitiveness of nature, behavior, and mysterious happenings in this specific genre have sparked interest in the unknown. When literary trends escaped the Age of Reason, literature was brought back to its traditional times when mysteries were fascinating. The most attainable model of creative narrative developed from the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages consisted of periods of crime, barbarism, works of witches, scientific innovation, and bold architecture to accompany specific…

1895 The radio is now wireless. People can now listen to the radio without using a long piece of wire to listen. 1897 The Klondike Gold Rush began in Alaska. 1898 The US declared war on Spain. 1899 Southern states pass a law to disenfranchise blacks people 1890- Battle of Wounded Knee; killing over 200 people. 1893 Thomas Edison just finished building his motion picture studio. People will pay 5 cent to watch a 20 second to 30 second video. 1897 The nation mourned for Ulysses S. Grant…