The novel Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley

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Craig Umbleja

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                The novel “Frankenstein” was written by Mary Shelley in 1818 as part of a writing competition. The story was inspired by one of Mary’s nightmares and it deals with a Doctor Frankenstein who is obsessed with playing god. After many experiments with animals, Dr. Frankenstein finally collected all the body parts from graves and eventually created a man or monster with the help from his idol who taught him in School Professor Woldman. Frankenstein was trying to make a man which he did but he also created a monster. I felt sorry for the monster because all he wanted was to be accepted by mankind and loved by Frankenstein, but he was not everyone hated him because he was different.

The first experience the monster felt was rejection.

        “Frankenstein fled from the room”

The doctor was unable to endure the aspect of being a father figure to the thing he had created, so instead of embracing the monster with lover Frankenstein left the monster in a room. After all the work Frankenstein had done to create this monster he was not prepared for what the monster would be like after he had created it Frankenstein did not know what to do when the monster needed love. Frankenstein rejected the monster. The people of the world also rejected the monster, when he went to the market people shouted abuse at him and also threw things at him, the monster was distraught by these events he couldn’t under stand why Frankenstein or the public hated him he had done nothing wrong, yet. After a while all this hatred towards the monster turned a loving monster into a terrifying and blood thirsty beast.

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        The monster was in a forest close to the Doctors home and came across a little boy, who turned out to be Frankenstein’s younger brother, William. The monster did not want to kill the little boy at first; he thought that William would be more understanding because children are more innocent and understanding than adults. The monster thought the kid might accept him but unfortunately, William did not instead the boy shouted and screamed as soon as he saw the beast.

        “Hideous monster let me go”

Then the beast spotted a locket around the boys neck, it had ...

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