Okay, I haven't done any personal reflection stuff on this book, so I thought I'd devote the last blog to that..
Honestly, I wasnt a big fan of this book and thats saying a lot considering I like some pretty weird books. First, it did not go along with anything I thought I knew about the story of Frankenstein. Second, the long narrative speeches drove my kind of crazy with their boring and pointless details. Third, just didnt really like the story.
However, I will say that I did like how Shelley had the monster show his side of the story. My favorite part of the novel was when the monster told about his time watching the family and how he learned from watching them (even if it was kind of creepy).
The last thing I have to say is that I believe one theme of the story is that Shelley believes men are generally good at heart, and not evil. I have concluded this because deep in his heart-the monster was good. He showed kindness towards the family he watched even though he was never nurtered or raised to love and show compassion.
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good at heart, even giant, sewn-together hearts.
ReplyDeleteI agree Amanda, I believe one of the main goals of the book was to show the world how people judge too quickly. When the monster was trying to go into the village, he was attacked just because of his appearance. The meeting at the cottage is another great example. When the monster is just talking to the blind man, there are no problems, but one the family gets home, they attack. The book has many lessons, but one important one is we should not judge a book by its cover.
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