Vampire Apocalypse: A Biocultural Critique of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Can one man ultimately make a difference and put an end to these vampire creatures?" ![]() This classic novel explores the human condition through one man's uphill battle with the slippery slope of sanity as he fights to survive and to discover the source of the plague. "Doom and Devastation: Postapocalyptic Fiction" by Daniel Nguyen" In Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth, having somehow managed to survive an incurable virus that has mutated every last man, woman, and child in the world into bloodthirsty and vampirelike creatures who prowl and ravage the abandoned ruins of civilization at night. The parallels are made of the creatures overrunning large urban areas and spreading their ideas. Though Matheson never defines who they actually symbolize, literary analysts have widely suggested African-American. Written in 1954, at the height of many racial tensions, the vampire creatures have been seen as various groups. Thus Matheson poses the question, can a man survive on his own? Apparently, the answer is no.Īnother undertone of the text is the prejudice symbolism of the vampires. Matheson demonstrates the importance of human contact and relationships by eliminating all other companions to Robert Neville. The most common theme of this novel is an emphasis on human emotion and how we interact with others. The plot follows the mutation of a virus and the end of the world as we know it but also the deterioration of the psyche of a man. Richard Matheson writes a novel that follows Robert Neville, the last man on Earth. 3.2 Dan Schneider from International Writers Magazine: Book Review wrote in 2005:.3.1 In In Search of Wonder (1956), Damon Knight wrote:.2 Vampire Apocalypse: A Biocultural Critique of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.1.2 "Doom and Devastation: Postapocalyptic Fiction" by Daniel Nguyen.
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