The Struggle of Robert Neville to Preserve His Humanity in Isolation Andimmatus Saadah College

In Richard Matheson’s I am Legend, Robert Neville is the last man standing in a world plagued by a vampire virus pandemic. This situation creates an internal conflict for Neville as he grapples with his loneliness as a human and searches for reasons why he's still alive when everyone else, including his loved ones, has turned into vampires. In this novel, Matheson portrays Neville's inner turmoil as he struggles to maintain his humanity, the only thing that sets him apart from the vampire creatures dominating the world at that time. Facing profound loneliness, Neville reflects on the state of the world and his own existence with doubt and uncertainty. As expressed by Matheson in the novel, "The silence of the night was broken by the small sounds inside him. A lone man was a terror to himself." This quote highlights Neville's internal conflict, where loneliness and questions about his existence induce deep-seated fear and anxiety.

Realizing that he might be one of the few humans left, Robert Neville confronts the vampire virus pandemic in various ways to ensure his survival. "He had cut some thin strips of wood from a packing case, fitted them with tiny sharpened nails, and driven them up between the jamb and the door. Then,...