In the novel "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice, my favorite character in the book is Claudia, she is not the main character but has a very close relationship him. The main character is Louis de Pointe du Lac and the book is based on his life as a vampire and Claudia was the ill daughter of one of Louis's victims and he noticed how poor and sick she was and the only way he could save her was to turn her into a vampire so he did. At the young age of five, she would stay forever and she will eventually become like a daughter to Louis. She is very spoiled by Louis but he cannot grant her everything she wants, which is to grow into an adult and live all the stages of a mortal life. At first she was very content with her immortal life but as she mentally aged she started to notice all the things mortals experience as adults and she wants to be able to live through that one day, but she soon became aware that it will be impossible for her to do so since she does not age and she will blame Louis for changing her but little did she know that he did it to save her. What Claudia wants is to become a woman in all the aspects, and she knows that she will never achieve that if she stays in the body of five-year-old. I like how realistic she is, she knows that she will never experience some parts of being an adult if she does not age and change into an adult woman. Louis's friend Lestat does not put up with Claudia's tantrums about her wanting to grow old and thinks she should be grateful. He can be a little too rough with her which is why Claudia takes matters into her own hands and decided to kill Lestat by feeding him cold, dead blood. I like how she is so complicated and naive but mature she can be at the same time, mature as in she does not want material things like most children at that age want, and naive as in she throws a huge fit because she cannot get what she wants and blames Louis even though he did what he thought was best for her. I feel like anyone can relate to this including myself.
I agree with you Evelyn, there are some things in life we will not achieve until we grow up into adulthood. I like how you relate to the character Claudia in the ways that she is naive yet mature at the same time. I personally can relate to Claudia as well because I feel like I could show both characteristics at the same time.
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