Is Silas a vampire in the graveyard book?

Silas is Bod's guardian. The novel heavily implies that he's a vampire: he has no reflection in mirrors, he sleeps in a steamer trunk, and he assumes a batlike form when he's not in his tall, pale, human form.
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Who is the vampire in The Graveyard Book?

Silas the Vampire. Silas is the perfect example of mystery, secrecy, and slippery answers. Most of the other mythological or supernatural creatures we meet in The Graveyard Book are clearly identified.
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What is the man Jack In The Graveyard Book?

Often referred to as “the man Jack,” Jack is the novel's antagonist and the murderer who killed Bod's family and is intent on hunting down Bod. He's a member of the mysterious organization the Jacks of All Trades, an ancient fraternity that harnesses magic by killing people.
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What are Silas powers in The Graveyard Book?

Silas explains that having Freedom of the Graveyard gives Bod some special abilities, like being able to see in the dark, and being able to walk through walls and such. Plus, people who are alive will have a hard time seeing him.
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Who is the villain in The Graveyard Book?

Jack Frost and the Jacks of All Trade

Jack Frost is The Graveyard Book's arch-villain.
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Is Mr Frost the man Jack?

Researching the murder of Bod's family, Scarlett learns that the historian lives in the house that Bod's family once lived in. Bod visits the house, to learn more about his family. When showing Bod the room he lived in as a baby, Mr. Frost reveals that he actually is the Man Jack; Jack Frost is his full name.
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Is Jack Frost human in graveyard Book?

They're definitely people of some sort, but the novel identifies all the characters as people. They're not dead people, for sure. They don't seem to have any super-human physical abilities, other than maybe a sharp sense of smell.
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Is Silas a Dracula?

Silas is the son of Dracula. This makes sense. Dracula was killed by humans, and Silas, who was a loyal son, wanted revenge. After slaughtering people, something made him realize what he was doing was horrible, (Perhaps he met Miss Lupescu, who convinced him that what he was doing was wrong.
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How did she and the mysterious stranger named Silas save him?

How did Mistress Owens and the mysterious stranger named Silas save the baby? Mistress Owens helped save the baby by wrapping him in her arms and causing him to disappear in a swirl of mist. Silas helped save the baby by convincing the man Jack that he had seen a fox rather than a child.
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Why did Silas feel that Bod was ready for a change?

Why did Silas feel that Bod was ready for change? Silas felt that now that the Jacks were gone and Bod was a young man, it was time for him to leave the graveyard, to live among the living, and to experience life. How did Bod's visits with Alanso Jones help prepare him for the next chapter of his life?
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How old is bod in The Graveyard Book?

A ten-year-old Bod witnesses the Danse Macabre, which is a special day in winter when the living and the dead dance with one another. In the book's interlude, an organization of men from all over the world are eating dessert. One man tells Jack that he must finish the job—killing Bod—that he failed to do years ago.
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Why did Silas take away some of the memories of Scarlett and her mother?

Why did Silas take away some of the memories of Scarlet and her mom? Because they should have never known about Bod's life.
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Who was the Sleer in The Graveyard Book?

The Sleer is a mysterious being that resides in the graveyard's barrow grave. Bod only sees the Sleer once; it's huge, with three heads featuring indigo designs and the body of a snake. It speaks in a hissing, slithery voice, and Bod can also hear its body slithering around the walls of the barrow grave's chamber.
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Is Silas real?

Silas or Silvanus (/ˈsaɪləs/; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who first accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey.
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Who does Silas look like?

At the close of The Vampire Diaries' fourth season, it was revealed Stefan was Silas' doppelganger as he took his place and locked him in a safe which he then threw in a quarry. In The Vampire Diaries season 5, Silas goes after Katherine whose blood now contains the immortality cure.
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Is Miss Lupescu a ghost?

Miss Lupescu is a Hound of God—that is, a werewolf—who acts as Bod's guardian whenever Silas is away.
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Does Silas have freedom of the graveyard?

Silas, who is neither living nor dead and has also been given the Freedom of the Graveyard, will be the child's guardian, while Mr. and Mrs. Owens will be the child's parents. They name the child Nobody Owens and continue to discuss what to do with him well into the morning.
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What happens in the end of The Graveyard Book?

The Graveyard Book ends when Bod is about fifteen years old. We see him gradually losing his Freedom of the Graveyard powers (must be puberty), and then leaving the graveyard by himself with money, a passport, and big, big dreams.
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What did Silas say was his reason for returning?

Silas said he returned to ditch the meadow and clear the upper pasture. He had really returned to die. He called their place "home" because he knew that they would take care of him.
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Is Silas the original vampire?

silas is the first imortal being and not a vampire, so the originals are original because they were the first vampires. The Originals can still be considered as the Originals because they are the first Vampires to be created from Esther's ritual. The first of their type of Vampire, so to speak.
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Is Silas a witch or a vampire?

He was a very powerful witch and one of the two most powerful members, alongside of Qetsiyah, of the Traveler subculture. Silas became one of the world's first immortal beings along with his true love and soulmate, Amara, the oldest known ancestor of the Petrova family.
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How is Silas different from vampires?

Silas needs blood to survive but the other things we define as being vampire are not the same so i would say he is immortal if he has to be one or the other. Ahh right, that clears things up. Those of us who classify Silas as a Vampire don't do it because of his "blood-sucking habit", we do it because of his own words.
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Who was the lady on the Grey?

The Lady on the Grey is a mythical woman on a big white horse. She comes for people when they die and takes them to their death on the back of her horse. All the ghosts respect her and fear her, so when she encourages the graveyard's residents to take Bod in, they listen. Bod dances with her during the Macabray.
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Who is the oldest person in The Graveyard Book?

Well, first, we know that the Sleer is the oldest creature in the graveyard. Through Scarlett and Bod's investigations of just how old this Sleer is, we get a quick and dirty lesson in British history. We learn that the Sleer is older than Caius Pompeius, who is the oldest person buried in the graveyard.
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Why did Bod return to the Barrow?

Bod returned to the barrow in order to steal the snake stone brooch from the Sleer. He wanted to sell it in order to buy Liza Hempstock her own headstone because she never had one.
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