"
Frankenstein"
Week 1:
January 16, 2018
Well im not
sure how many people who have seen the different adaptations of Frankenstein,
but im one of the few who have not. I
have only gotten myself into one of the books because we had to in class when I
was in high school. With this, I feel
like my take on reading this book was different.
After
saying that, I have forgotten most of what I have read from reading the book
back then, giving me a new take on it now.
I genuinely enjoyed the book and what it had to offer to me. I guess having my memory issues since I was
little and my dyslexia doesn’t help me much. I noticed that Mary Shelley
focuses on the moral dilemma that he created for himself, as well as how the
movie shows the thunder and the lightning and the traditional “scary gothic
vibe”.
Before
reading this, I had no idea on what a big part Victor’s family plays in the
story, as well as what I pictured him to be. As some would not feel bad for
Victor, I on the other hand did. I have OCD so I can relate with him on
fixating myself on a task and not being able to do anything else until
something is done the way that I need it to be or want it. I share Victors pain. With the mental picture I originally had for
Victor, I planned on him being some old guy locked up in a castle, not
expecting him to be a younger guy. Mary
Shelley wrote Victor not to be the typical crazy scientist we all think of and
imagine when we think of “mad scientist”.
This separates him from the norm of crazy scientists, even though he is
building a “monster”.
When I read
this, I did have some trouble with some of the language, being dyslexic and
all, but I did find it to be very interesting to read again. One part I particularly liked was, Chapter
10, page 83, “All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am
miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me,
they creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the
annihilation of one of us.” I thought
that the language in this specific part was very intriguing. It took me a while
to understand fully what was going on in the text, but it shows a gentler side
of the creature.
The typical
name of a “monster” is to be scary, big and mean. Marry Shelley paints a good picture
when creating Frankenstein. The creature is put into isolation and it
represents the negative behaviors that we expect that monsters have because he
is locked away and wasn’t taught better.
One of my
favorite quotes is from chapter 24, page 200, “Seek happiness in tranquility
and avoid ambition, even if it be only apparently innocent one of distinguishing
yourself in science and discoveries.”
Escerpts from: Mary Shelly “Frankenstein
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