![]() ![]() Robert Neville actually became the legendary monster that the vampire had been for the human species. *Spoiler Alert* That is what made the ending of this so aweing for me. ![]() The horror that chills readers is the idea that we could lose our own humanity and become monsters ourselves, become legends for another group of people. ![]() We never really see them as a threat as long as Neville remains inside his home at night. It’s not the vampires who are always shuffling around Neville’s house. Therein lies the real strength and horror of this novel. ![]() While this is not an uncommon symptom of extended periods of isolation, it is very frightening to see it and think that it could happen to you. One side wants to kill her before anything bad happens, the other, more humane side, wants to keep her safe and heal her. You really get to see the two personalities interacting there. The two characters at times seem to be interacting with each other, especially when he is arguing with himself about what to do when Ruth finds him. The other character is Robert Neville – the survivor and endurer who came out of the traumatic events of watching his family die and then killing his wife again. One character is Robert Neville – successful provider, loving father and husband, the man he was before the world went down the drain. For me, I actually started to see Neville as two separate characters. For some, this could get rather tedious listening to only one character. We spend the majority of the time inside Robert Neville’s head. The concept of one man against an entire world of monsters is certainly something we have seen before in zombie stories, but this is the first time I believe I have seen it in a vampire story. So this was my first time ever reading Matheson’s I Am Legend and I have to say, overall I was a very big fan. ![]()
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