Top Vampire movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpznQZA32o
THINK, PAIR, SHARE:
Look over the following discussion questions. Discuss with a partner. Post a comment with your partner about your responses.
4. The book touches upon the idea of euthanasia — the practice of ending
the life of a terminally ill person in a painless or minimally painful
way in order to limit suffering — in that Elijah Ben Sapir, the vampire
who creates Jody, only kills those who are about to die or whose lives
are limited in some way. What are your feelings about "mercy killings"?
Do vampires have an ethical standard?
5. When Simon threatens Jody after she refuses to turn him into a
vampire, she ends up killing him in the front of his truck. Jody then
blames the killing on Elijah, however, and never confesses it to Tommy.
Why not admit to it when Elijah has been restrained?
6. Why are Jody and Tommy "set up" as the culprits in the recent crimes?
What would it mean if they were caught? Why do these crimes need to be
pinned on anyone? Couldn't the criminals cover up the crimes in another
way?
7. By the end of the novel, both detectives — Cavuto and Rivera — begin
to believe in the supernatural and that vampires could exist. To what
extent do you believe in the supernatural, either vampires, ghosts, or
even just that some people may or may not have psychic ability?
8. Tommy uses Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, which of course is
fiction, as his "Owner's Manual" for learning about Jody and her new
powers. Discuss the author's use of fiction within fiction in order to
tell a story. Have any members of your group read The Vampire Lestat?
How do the two books compare? Intertextuality!
9. Once Jody becomes a vampire, she finds that she has many new and
different abilities, including superstrength, heightened senses, and
superspeed. Which do you think is her most needed new superability?
10. Though Jody finds herself immortal, she also retains many of her
normal human characteristics and failings, including vanity, fear,
anger, and disgust. Discuss how even though she has become immortal, and
can protect herself from many of the regular dangers of everyday life,
she is still unable to disassociate herself from normal human emotion.
11. At the end of the book, the reader is left with the impression that
Jody is about to turn Tommy into a vampire. If she does change him into a
vampire, how do you imagine their story continues? How would it
continue if she does not?
Continue to work on your Flash fiction---300-1000 words
CREATIVE WRITING RETREAT Sunday, Oct. 20, Mendon Ponds 1-5 pm
Continue to work on your Flash fiction---300-1000 words
CREATIVE WRITING RETREAT Sunday, Oct. 20, Mendon Ponds 1-5 pm
Thiery and Gena
ReplyDelete4. We think that it is ethical for the vampires to kill dying people because they are ending their suffering. It's better for the vampires to kill someone who is about to die than for them to take the life of someone who is young and healthy.
5. You shouldn't admit to a crime if you don't need to. If you can get away with something, then get away with it.
6. Jody and Tommy are set up as culprits because Elijah is messing with them.
7. We believe in mermaids, unicorns, vampires, werewolves, fairies, gnomes, goblins, trolls, witches, ghouls, zombies, and princesses.
8. We have not read Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat.
9. We think that heightened senses are the most important new ability, because now she can hear and see stuff that other people can't see. This helps her identify other vampires.
11.She'll probably turn him into a vampire and then they will go on vampire adventures together, fighting evil vampires and whatnot.
Ethan and Nate
ReplyDelete8. Neither Nate or I have read The Vampire Lestat, however it is probable the books compare with their topics of vampires. Bloodsucking Feinds is a parody, and The Vampire Lestat probably is a more serious novel. The fiction within fiction technique almost makes it seem like the scenario in Bloodsucking Feinds is real, because Tommy is using a real book to answer questions about Jody. It seems like a good technique to use.
9. Jody's most needed superability would have to be her sense of body heat and her healing saliva. As far as we can tell from where we are in the book, these two seem the best for her survival. Her new vision of body heat helps Jody because she can see if someone is sick, and can help Tommy in this sense, or watch for the other vampire, who has no body heat.
10. Jody is unable to disassociate herself from normal human emotion because of her new abilities. She still feels her vanity, fear and anger, however her new emotions set her back. She feels different because she is different from the person she used to be. Her new emotions (or lack of emotions) and skills are always on her mind and she will feel different from a woman walking next to her on the street.
Frances
ReplyDelete4. The vampires in this book both seem to have ethical standards because at one point they were human with ethical standards. I think by Elijah only killing those who are about to die he views himself as the angel of death for these people who ends there suffering. Also he has dignity enough to target those who will be dying anyways instead of those who have their whole lives ahead of them.
5. If I had killed someone and could blame someone else who was equally as bad I would. I would only ever admit to it after I knew for sure there would be no major repercussions.
6. Jody and Tommy are set up to be the suspects of some recent murders because Elijah has some sort of fling for Jody. Although she is there he doesn't really implicate her but he implicates Tommy by leaving his Kerouac book with his fingerprints on it. If Tommy were to be implicated in these murders he could spend the rest of his life in jail. Jody knows Elijah is killing these people in a purposeful way because when she killed Philip or "Philly" he turned to dust. Elijah was purposefully breaking the neck of his victims before drinking their blood so he could frame Tommy. Also, he is doing this to show the humans the bodies. He compares this to a cat killing a mouse or bird then bringing it to their owner.
7. I really don't believe in any of those supernatural beings but I love reading about them and watching movies that involve them. I have no way to comment on whether those with psychic abilities are being truthful about them because I have never met someone who claimed to have them.
8. Christopher Moore uses The Vampire Lestat in this book to kind of portray how fiction relates to reality. In the book after performing several tests on Jody, Tommy concludes most of these things aren't true.
9. I agree with Gena and Thiery about the heightened senses being the best new asset to her. In many ways these new senses have saved her from trouble ahead. By Jody being about the see and hear things she could before, she is more sensitive to the things going on around her and she makes some fun of it like when she was in the mall shopping for the LBD.
10. Jody has on many occasions demonstrated that she stills has the emotions of a human woman. She still can become angry like she did at Tommy when he got drunk and had his friends over. She can also still become sad and want to cry. However, she has shown that she is not very afraid of things anymore, she is more fearless and confident in herself than she has ever been. This is shown when she goes to the laundromat at night and beats up the three thugs that tried to assault her.
11. Throughout the book there has been several occasions in which Jody longs for a companion that can experience the same things as she does. This is why she is attracted to Elijah in a way, because she feels that he is now the only person in the world that understand her. Jody will most likely turn Tommy into a vampire so she can have her own companion. However, if she does this who's blood will she drink?