Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

 

After reading “Frankenstein” written by Mary Shelley, I found myself surprised because I have always had the idea that the "monster" was responsible for destruction and doing bad things plus I also thought he was called Frankenstein. But soon, I realized that the monster’s name was not Frankenstein, and also, the monster had emotions and feelings just like us humans have. Very often, humans are responsible for acting based on their emotions and feelings, so in the story, I can connect this same idea to understand the monster’s reason for acting the way he does.

The story makes me think about the saying “Never judge a book by its cover” because after Frankenstein created the monster, his reaction towards him says a lot about that. Frankenstein immediately judged his creation by the way it looked, not even given a chance to get to know the “monster”, simply jumped to the conclusion that the "monster" is a real monster because it looks ugly. Further, realizing how the monster feels, many things happened with him which certainly could have traumatized and impacted his life negatively. I can almost relate their relationship to a father-son relationship, in which the creator is responsible for taking care of his creation just like a father does to his son, although, none of it happens. The theme of abortion comes to my mind because the "monster" is left alone to live in the world as if Frankenstein has no connection at all to him. The "monster" has to learn by himself how to live life, deal with everything being so new and different from himself and Frankenstein should have been there for him since the beginning to guide and teach the “monster” before even thinking about leaving him alone, it is about taking responsibility for his actions.

As we know, this is not what happens so the “monster” does not know what to do and I believe to be unfair to blame him for becoming an actual monster because the reason why everything happened the way it did leads way back to how everything started, and how he was treated by his creator Frankenstein.  

















































































































































  

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