Julia O’Hara
Period 1
Modern Mythology
3/17/22
Write about your thoughts regarding any of the fiction or non-fiction covered in class.
Currently we are reading Interview with a Vampire. I was very excited for this part of the curriculum because growing up my all time favorite show was “The Vampire Diaries” on Netflix. I have watched the show many times so it was exciting to read a different vampire fiction and to be able to compare the two. I compare Lestat and Louis to the two brothers in the show, Damon and Stefan. When Damon and Stefan turned into vampires, Stefan was the crazy vampire with no care in who he killed (like Lestat) while Damon was much more grounded and felt guilt (like Louis.) However, at the end My favorite discussion we have had about the novel so far is if Lestat and Louis are really evil. Lestat is more of a ruthless killer while Louis feels extreme guilt and only feeds on animals. However, the discussion my group had was that vampires are all inherently evil since they have the desire and need to kill humans for their blood. However, this may not be considered evil because that is just their nature. It is exactly like humans killing cows and lamb for food. Some people are against it but many of us just see it as a normal part of life and just part of the food chain. Therefore, there can be many different arguments to this question.
Reflect on any new information you have learned in English class by considering how that learning influences your critical perception.
In class we dig deeper into the difference between morals and ethics. Ethics refer to rules provided by an external source while morals are the individual's own principle regarding right and wrong. As I always knew the difference between them, it had never really been something I thought about. As I mentioned before, the discussion we had in class about Louis and Lestats morals stood out to me. The main question that came out of it was are vampires ethically able to kill humans because they are “above” the human status? And if they are, does that still make them evil? This influenced my critical perception of humans now. Does it make us evil that we kill cows, lamb, pigs, etc. just for our own needs?
How is what you’re learning applied to any other classes/the world around you?
What we are learning has really made me think more deeply about my own morals and ethics. I realize that some of my morals may be very different from someone else's morals so I cannot quickly jump to judgments when someone makes an action that I disagree with. I see this in the real world especially with the different teachers I have. One example is the different morals teachers have with regards to bathroom usage. Some teachers allow you to just get up and go while with others you have to ask and they do not always say yes. I feel as if you have to get to know someone else’s morals in order to get a true understanding of who they are. You also have to think about morals when you have classwork. Sure it is very easy to get the answers from someone else and paraphrase their work, but are you doing yourself any good from doing that? Morals play a very important role in everyday life even though everyone’s are different.
Write about your thoughts regarding any of the fiction or non-fiction covered in class.
Currently we are reading Interview with a Vampire. I was very excited for this part of the curriculum because growing up my all time favorite show was “The Vampire Diaries” on Netflix. I have watched the show many times so it was exciting to read a different vampire fiction and to be able to compare the two. I compare Lestat and Louis to the two brothers in the show, Damon and Stefan. When Damon and Stefan turned into vampires, Stefan was the crazy vampire with no care in who he killed (like Lestat) while Damon was much more grounded and felt guilt (like Louis.) However, at the end My favorite discussion we have had about the novel so far is if Lestat and Louis are really evil. Lestat is more of a ruthless killer while Louis feels extreme guilt and only feeds on animals. However, the discussion my group had was that vampires are all inherently evil since they have the desire and need to kill humans for their blood. However, this may not be considered evil because that is just their nature. It is exactly like humans killing cows and lamb for food. Some people are against it but many of us just see it as a normal part of life and just part of the food chain. Therefore, there can be many different arguments to this question.
Reflect on any new information you have learned in English class by considering how that learning influences your critical perception.
In class we dig deeper into the difference between morals and ethics. Ethics refer to rules provided by an external source while morals are the individual's own principle regarding right and wrong. As I always knew the difference between them, it had never really been something I thought about. As I mentioned before, the discussion we had in class about Louis and Lestats morals stood out to me. The main question that came out of it was are vampires ethically able to kill humans because they are “above” the human status? And if they are, does that still make them evil? This influenced my critical perception of humans now. Does it make us evil that we kill cows, lamb, pigs, etc. just for our own needs?
How is what you’re learning applied to any other classes/the world around you?
What we are learning has really made me think more deeply about my own morals and ethics. I realize that some of my morals may be very different from someone else's morals so I cannot quickly jump to judgments when someone makes an action that I disagree with. I see this in the real world especially with the different teachers I have. One example is the different morals teachers have with regards to bathroom usage. Some teachers allow you to just get up and go while with others you have to ask and they do not always say yes. I feel as if you have to get to know someone else’s morals in order to get a true understanding of who they are. You also have to think about morals when you have classwork. Sure it is very easy to get the answers from someone else and paraphrase their work, but are you doing yourself any good from doing that? Morals play a very important role in everyday life even though everyone’s are different.
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