Here we find Neville hitting another brick wall. He thinks he’s figured out what’s causing the vampires - a Bacilli (germ) - but he can’t attribute all the vampire behaviors to it. So, what does he do? Well, by this point we know Neville pretty well - a man who, although he’s …

So here we get more of Neville’s backstory, the death of his wife, his determination to bury her instead of burn her, and the horror of her return as a vampire. It’s interesting, but what really interested me more in these chapters is how Matheson shows us real change in Neville. Neville …

Matheson turns Neville’s character around in these chapters. At the end of chapter 4, Neville has forgotten to wind his watch and is stuck out after dark, not even sure what time it is. He survives the attacks, and spends the next couple of months rebuilding his home, getting to things …