Response 1

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I like this idea: that the "outsiders" or "different" characters are desired. I would have liked a better taste of this idea, perhaps a few quotes and/or a more solid thesis. Why are they desireable?

What stands out for me when I think of Heathcliff is that he was able to "play the game" and manipulate the social network of society even though he was an outcast. I remember talking about that in class. It was the coolest thing for me to see it that way. Heathcliff has the ability to see what those trapped in "the game" cannot. He is allowed to do more things because he is not bound by the rules. Why could he do what he did (Tear apart two households, marry out of spite and downright torture people)? Why couldn't they stop him? Why is this desireable?

Louis is an interesting guy. But desireable? When I read, "Interview with the Vampire" in your list of two books, I thought that Claudia was the one that would be the proclaimed outcast. The head woman vampire was jealous of Claudia's beauty and that's why she wanted her gone. (That might have been the movie...). A quote that kind of describes this situation, "Estelle and Celeste... fondled Claudia with the license of the blind, running their hands over her radiant hair, touching even her lips, while she, her eyes still misty and distant, tollerated it all, knowing what I also knew and what they seemed unable to grasp: that a woman's mind as sharp and distinct as their own lived within that small body." (241). Again, I think that Armand tells Louis somewhere that Celeste was jealous.
As for Louis, I think he was desireable for his reluctance at accepting any truth until the end. I know that Santiago says he likes Louis on Pg. 239 when Louis doesn't hear him approaching. Perhaps you could look into why Louis is desireable to different characters, definitely Santiago, Lestat, Claudia and maybe Armand (Since I thought Armand liked Louis because they were so alike, but at the same time different in their views about "gradations of evil" ..."

Anyways, Good luck writing your paper. Have fun!