Throughout the novel Louis whines and complains about his creator, Lestat. Louis doesn't understand the journey the Lestat has taken.
Louis ignorance causes a rift between the two vampires. Lestat becomes angry with Louis and Claudia after they attempt to kill him- I would be angry too!
Later in the Vampire Chronicles, when Lestat gets to narrate his tales, we learn that for hundreds of years, he has struggled with the same issues that Louis has.
Lestat was never given a choice, as Louis had. Lestat's mortality was taken from him by a rougue vampire, only to be abandoned. He was forced into solitude. Conversly, Lestat provided constant companionship for Louis. Lestat tried to please Louis and formed a little family.
In the later books, Lestat also tells of his moral dilemas. Over the centuries, Lestat wanders the Earth in search of one of the oldest vampires- Marius. Lestat wanted answers to his numerous questions about life and death and whether vampires have souls or whether they are inherently evil, and of course, the age old question- must they only live on the blood of humans? After many, many years of following little clues and false leads, Lestat gives up on his quest for Marius and sinks deep into the Earth. He doesn't eat, he tries not to think. He just lies in the ground.
Louis is always so hard on Lestat because he doesn't understand all of the things that Lestat had to endure over the years. He seems to believe that Lestat doesn't understand the weight and heaviness of loss. After Louis wife died, he acted as though his whole world had ended. And in a way it had, he left behind the life he had before with her.
Likewise, Lestat had to leave his mother, whom he loved dearly, and his best friend Niki. Leaving Niki was one fo the hardest things Lestat ever had to do. Together they had escaped their oppressive fathers. But after he became a vampire, Lestat had to leave behind his dear Niki because he knew he wouldn't understand and he couldn't handle the change.
Personally, I believe that there is a great parallel between the lives of Louis and Lestat. And I also find that Louis is the intolerant and ignorant one in this situation. He never took the time to try and fully understand where Lestat is coming from and why he does what he does.
They are two importals locked in a time that is not their own, searching, yearning for the answers to life and death. Forver....
They find beauty everywhere. They search for love through all eternity.... Forever may not be long enough
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