Eli is arguably the most complex character of LTROI; she's 'the girl next door', a young girl, or is she? Whom has been imprisoned in the same body for so many years that she either can't, or refuses to reveal how long. Living for so long, it bares the question what is Eli? No human could live that long, furthermore, am I even right to keep on referring to Eli as 'she'?
Is Eli Manipulative?
In saying that Eli is manipulative, you are to assume that Eli's motives for befriending Hakan, and more recently Oskar, as ones of using them for self gain, e.g. to stay alive whilst doing no 'dirty work'. However I think it is a shared opinion, including with Apollo's cast, that both Eli and Hakan realise that Eli will potentially create more 'vampires' by feeding herself, as revealed by the film and novel, and so having Hakan kill for and feed Eli is the more reasonable option. Furthermore this may also be because Eli doesn't like to see herself as "that", the animalistic transformation changes her to a point where, I believe, she is no longer in control; her actions simply become out of her control. In terms of her friendship with Oskar, does she see him as a potential replacement for the old and delicate Hakan?
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