LINGUA LITERA MYTH OF EUROPEAN VAMPIRES IN JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST’S LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

This research aims to analyze the Myth of European Vampires in John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let The Right One In . There are two kinds of European Vampire myth analyzed in this research. First is the myth of European Vampire characteristics which are reflected by Eli. Second is the myth of human- vampire transformation which is reflected by Virginia. Two problems appear to discuss in this research; the myth of the kinds of vampire characteristics and the myth of human-vampire transformation. The Vampire myth theories from Jay Stevenson Ph. D. and Sebastian Condado de Haza were utilized in this research. There are two concepts used in this research. They are the European Vampire characteristics concept and Human-Vampire transformation concept. A qualitative descriptive method was applied to analyze Eli’s character as a vampire and Virginia’s character as a human-vampire by finding relevant quotations. The result of this research proves the myth about European vampire characteristics by Eli and the myth of human-vampire transformation issues by Virginia. There are two criteria of European vampire characteristics categories indicating Eli as a vampire; general characteristics and physical characteristics. Meanwhile, three steps of the human-vampire transformation myth can explain the suffering of human-vampire that are perceived by Virginia, which are vampire bite, depression, and suicide.


I. Introduction
In society, myth is well known as a mystical thing in this world. Myth is found in legend stories that are still believed by some people. Legend stories were usually produced in ancient times and represent the philosophy of life. According to Wheelwright (1955), myth is to be defined However, some people also discover a logical reason for the vampire myth that is popular in European society. According to Eldrige (2002): Creatures with vampiric characteristics have appeared at ancient Greece, where stories were told of creatures that attacked people in their sleep and drained their bodily fluids. In medieval Europe, a plague was happened. People at the time were died one by one. At the time, people who lacking a modern understanding of infectious disease came to believe that those who became vampires preyed first upon their own families. For addition he stated that after the 20th and 21st century, researchers have discover some diseases that has several symptoms with vampire characteristics such as porphyria, which makes one sensitive to sunlight; tuberculosis, which causes wasting; pellagra, a disease that thins the skin; and rabies, which causes biting and sensitive to sunlight and garlic. (p. 3) The quotation above shows that there are some logical reasons for the vampire myth or legend which was believed by people in the past as a mythical creature.

II. Review of Related Literature
To uncover the problems of the

Effect of Vampire Transformation
The transformation between human to vampire affects the psychological of the victims. In his book, Haza mentioned the myth of three steps of psychological effects that will suffer by the human-vampire (vampire's victim).

Loneliness
Loneliness is one of the mental issues trigger in this life. When people feel lonely, they can easily get depressed. Haza (2009) said that another cause of depression is loneliness; include the loss of loved ones (among the living). As you survive your mortal family members, you will also out survive all of the living you befriend, fall in love with, marry, and have a relationship with over time.
These hardships can become quite depressing for the human-vampire, and finding a counselor is certainly advisable.
It means, human-vampire easily become lonely because of their long-aged or sometimes called immortality in their life.

Depression
The victim will get depression because of the transformation. Haza (2009)

Sunlight Intolerance
Sunlight intolerance is one of the vampire general characteristics that are familiar around the world. A lot of fiction movies, legend stories, and myths show that vampires hate sunlight and light. Even one of the names of allergic diseases in Europe is named the vampire allergic disease because the patient's body cannot be exposed to sunlight. If the patient's body is exposed to it, the sensitive skin will peel and burn. Stevenson (2009) stated that the vampire could not return to his resting place and would be killed by the sunlight. The sign of Eli's sunlight intolerance will be proven in this quotation below: She sat down on the bed. A single beam of sunlight came in through the window, shining on her naked foot. A thousand pinpricks. As if her skin were being twisted in two directions at once. What is this? She moved her foot away, pulled on her socks. Moved her foot back into the sunlight. (Lindqvist, 2007, p

White Pale Skin
The word "white" is familiar around the world. "black" and "white" were related to skin colors. In the past, European used "white" and "black" to classify and identify the class in society. However, nowadays the word white skin is a little bit strange and taboo to use in the English language.
European prefer to use light skin and dark skin to describe people's skin colors.
Therefore, in this analysis, the word "white" does not mean white people in Europe, but it has meaning as a true color or skin, white pale skin color. The white pale skin of Eli's can be proven from the quotation below: He stopped, pushed the knife back in its holder, and put it back inside his jacket. "Hi." The girl didn't answer. Oskar was so close now that he could see she had dark hair, a small face, big eyes. Eyes wide open, calmly looking at him. Her white hands were resting on the railing. (Lindqvist, 2007, p.44) From the quotation above, it can be seen that Eli has white pale skin. It can be seen from the word white hands give a sign of Eli's skin color. Besides, if she has no pale white skin, her skin will be described as light skin, not white skin. Therefore, her white pale skin indicates Eli as a vampire.

Sharp Fangs
Vampire fangs are popular in identifying the vampire character in literary works. The fangs are described with a white sharp form in a case as a tool of vampire activity, sucking blood. Stevenson (2009)  For one second she really believed it was the sorrowdemon who had taken a physical form and thrown itself on top of her. Then she felt the searing pain in her throat as sharp teeth penetrated the skin. She managed to get back on her feet, spinning around and trying to get rid of the thing that was on top of her. (Lindqvist, 2007, p

Vampire Transformation
The myths about vampires not only stop around the vampire. Some myth in the society said the human who had been infected by a vampire will become the human-vampire. Human-vampire in European society is described as the myth when a human becomes a vampire, they cannot control all of their minds. In this novel, Virginia is described as a humanvampire who gets the transformation because of Eli. Virginia is a middle-aged widow who lives alone in her apartment.
Because of her transformation, she got depression and was gone with suicide. That night at the hospital Lacke had said something really strange: that the child who attacked her had not been a human being. That it had had fangs and claws. Virginia had dismissed this as a drunken hallucination. She didn't remember much from the attack. But she could accept this: the thing that had jumped on top of her had been much too light to be an adult, almost too light to be a child, even. A very small child in that case. (Lindqvist, 2007, p.241) From the quotation above, it can be seen

V. Conclusions
The writer has already analyzed the