Comparative

• we heard my brother had escaped - similar to renfield/dracula
• 'eric has escaped from the asylum' - renfield
• we should have gone metric years ago. - new tech
• my father is a doctor of chemistry, or perhaps biochemistry - similar to van Helsing + doctors in gothic, Frankenstein, Jekyll etc.
• i could see mists over the forests below the mountains. - like drac pathetic fallacy
• i switched to silent running. - similar to drac in lizard fashion, sneaking around
• my heart beat wildly and i licked my lips. - whilst killing blyth a thirst for death like dracula
• im doing fine i [eric] eat dogs. - renfield eating animals