Mary Shelley Frankenstein

Mary Shelleys Frankenstein was a compelling book, portraying the outcomes of human arrogance and ignorance. In addition to people’s actions and undeniably their reactions to a situation. Specifically the book describes an individual’s choice and choices made, and the repercussions of those specific choices and their heartbreaking effects.

When you dissect the narrative and look back on the book you almost don’t realize who the victim is and who the villain is. You feel bad for both parties. In regards to the monster, he did not ask to be made this way, this was not his request. The only desire he initially had was to be accepted and loved, which unfortunately no one was willing to give to him which ended with dire results. The monster was left with his creator hating him and being in complete disgust towards him, in addition to every other person the monster ran into. Frankenstein created the monster and to be shunned and hated by your creator to that extent it makes you feel a great deal of sympathy for the monster. When the monster acts out it’s almost the acting out of a child throwing a temper tantrum or a child acting out to get attention from a parent, obviously though a little more dangerous and with more extreme consequences. But then you have Victor and you feel terribly for him when the monster goes and kills his family and friends because of his own ignorance, especially when he realizes what a terrible mistake he had made.

This book was anything but what I was expecting it to be. You are brought up with Frankenstein being a certain way and acting a certain way, nothing like the way Hollywood has made it. This book is begging for you to think about how far is to far when pushing boundaries when it comes to science, knowledge and power. Accepting people who are different and simply thinking before you do. How much rope do you need before you strangle yourself but what about the other people that might get caught in that rope as well. Really, the only true victims in this book are Victors family and friends that suffered from the monsters and his own selfish needs.