I Am Legend Besco Study Guide Chapter 1-5

Describe the house Robert lives in.

just has the basic needs and it has many anti vampire elements.(ex. garlic)

Describe Robert Neville

tall athletic man, 36, English-German stock, features indistinguishable except for the long , determined mouth and bright blue eyes

What is his mission?

to prevent vampire attacks

How does Robert Neville manage the taunting of the vampires at night?

with garlic and soundproofing

What does Robert find as he nears Virginia's crypt, and how does he react?

At the cemetery, Neville goes to Virginia's crypt. Inside, he's shocked to see a vampire (not Virginia) curled up, asleep. Furious, he drags the body out of the crypt and into the sun. To Neville's amazement, the vampire rots instantly—in few seconds, he looks as if he's been dead for days.

What regrets does Robert have about what has happened in the past?

He wishes that he'd placed Kathy in the cemetery "with her mother" instead of burning the body, as officials had advised. Virgina-mom/wife Kathy-daughter

How does it happen that Robert doesn't make it home and is attacked by vampires?

Immediately after the events of the last chapter, Neville speeds home, praying that it isn't after sunset yet. He remembers that he's left his garage door open, meaning that he could return home to find a pack of vampires waiting for him.

How do the women vampires behave towards Robert Neville?

They taunted him, seduce him through his sexual urges

How does Robert's reality compare to the legends of vampires?

Later in the evening Neville sits at home reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. The book is full of silly superstitions and legends about vampires, but its basic premise is sound, Neville decides: throughout history, vampires have been deadly because almost nobody believed in them. But vampires are all-too real. Neville thinks about "the twelve children that afternoon" and shudders.

Who is Ben Cortman, and what does he do each night to bother Robert Neville?

Lead vampire, guy who always yells, Neville's old carpool neighbor

What does Robert find in the basement of Sears

5 vampires

Describe Robert Neville's daily routine to prepare for the evening. What does Robert Neville do besides prepare for the evenings?

He makes Stakes, makes everything sound proof, eats dinner and he plays loud classical music (Beethoven) and tries to avoid vampires and puts plugs in his ears sets up garlic and makes everything safe

In what ways has Robert Neville changed his house to accommodate his survival?

He surrounds the house with Garlic and makes Stakes and weapons and soundproof from yelling vampires

What causes Robert to smash his glass?

It's nighttime. Neville drinks alcohol and hears the voice of Ben Cortman calling out to him. A little drunk, he contemplates going out to join the vampires, so that he can "be one of them," but then reminds himself why he doesn't give in: somewhere out there, there must be other human beings like him. Suddenly, Neville has a profound feeling that he'll never see another human being again. Frustrated, he breaks his glass, cutting his hand. He stares down at the blood dripping from his hand, and thinks, "Wouldn't they like to get some of it?" As he bandages his hand, Neville finds himself thinking about Kathy again.

Who does Robert Neville dream of?

Kathy and Virginia

What does Robert do while at the stores?

Kill vampires, 47, He only had 47 stakes

What does Robert do with the corpses he finds in his yard?

Neville backs his Willys station wagon (a kind of car) out of the garage and throws his lunchbox, along with a wooden mallet and a bag of stakes, into the car. Using gloves and wearing a gas mask, he drags the bodies into the car

What reflections and conclusions does Robert draw regarding the vampires existence?

Neville continues drinking. As he becomes slowly drunker, he begins to give a mock-lecture about how the vampire is a persecuted minority—hated throughout history. He wonders aloud if a deadly vampire is any worse than a politician, a manufacturer, a shady businessman, or a terrorist. He concludes that the vampire can't be blamed for its evil acts—it has no voting rights or means for education. He concludes his lecture by asking, "Sure, but would you let your sister marry one?"

What does Robert do to test his theory that sunlight kills vampires?

Neville drives away from the cemetery, still excited with his discovery that sunlight kills the vampires, or at least some vampires. He stops by a house, carrying his wooden stake and mallet, and finds a woman who's asleep in her bedroom—he deduces that this woman is a "living vampire"—a human being who's suffering from the vampire plague, but who hasn't actually died and been buried in the ground. Instead of killing the woman with his usual stake, Neville drags the woman outside into the sunlight, and notices that the woman's flesh grows cold, and her heartbeat stops. To test whether sunlight has really killed the woman, Neville decides to take the woman's body home in his car. He checks his watch—it's three o'clock. Suddenly, he realizes that the watch is broken.

How do the vampires react to Robert escape into the house? What is Robert's reaction?

Neville drives back to his house. He sees the vampires at his house but he is in his car trying to run over them when Cortman attacked him, Neville punches him in time and drives off with vampires chasing him. He makes a circle slow and drives in the garage when Cortman attacked him they fight he gets his keys and sprints in his house safely.

What is the fiery field used for?

burn bodies