As per conventional thought, education is a process guided by humans. Learning occurs when the teacher explains and students listen. And often the material world, such as objects, spaces, and environments, is treated as passive and secondary. However, a recent theoretical work in new materialism challenges this assumption by stating that matter is not passive, but active and capable of shaping human experiences. Through Bennett’s theory of Vibrant Matter, this paper analyses how nonhuman elements engage in the learning process in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. Present research on Rice majorly focuses on aspects of psychology, ethics and identity. Less attention has been given to the role played by material environments in shaping the character transformation. This study adopts a close textual analysis supported by the new materialist theory of Bennett to analyse how hunger, darkness, confinement and urban setting act as pedagogical forces. The paper puts forth the concept of material pedagogy wherein learning takes place through human-nonhuman interaction. The findings hint that present classrooms too are moulded by material environments that silently impact thinking patterns and interactions.