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A look through the novel Frankenstein!

Hello! Welcome back to my blog! I hope everyone is safe out there, spring break has started for me and has yet to end due to all the craziness. But I had the chance before all of this insanity to read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. I enjoyed this novel with my entire heart. And since it seems with this quarantine we have a lot of free time and I recommend this novel if you have the chance. Unlike all the other British literature I’ve been assigned to read Frankenstein is genuinely the easiest one to read and comprehend fully. Furthermore, I am a huge fan of horror and this one caught my interest and kept it, even though it wasn’t scary to me just highly interesting. One of my favorite things about this novel was how the novel will switch from Frankenstein to the creature. Yes, Frankenstein to THE creature, the scientist who made the creature is named Frankenstein. There is no official title for the creature, except for names such as demon, and monster. If you’re interested in this story and would like a summary of what it is about and more of my opinions about it, then please continue reading.

In the novel, Frankenstein, we start by seeing letters being written about a person out at sea to their sister. In those letters, it explains all about their trip but more importantly a strange man that they had run upon. This man is near death and has a very interesting tale to hear. Many people tend to skip the letters because they think it is just a part of the author’s notes or something like that. However, do not skip those letters because it connects back to it in the end and it also holds some valuable information. Now back to the summary, Victor Frankenstein is the man that is near death and he begins to tell his tale. We first get a summary of his family situation, and then how he discovered his life for learning. This then leads him to attend a school where he meets a professor that helps him learn new things. However, because of all of this Victor gets ill and ends up not paying attention to his family as much, but that ends up leading him to creating the creature. Victor is obsessed over it and is sure that everybody part he stole was going to make this creature the perfect man, smarter, faster and stronger than everyone. And congratulations to victor it ends up working! But, this frightens victor and disgusts him so he abandons the creature leaving it to fend for itself. And that is the end of the summary as I don’t want to spoil too much. Please let me know in the comments if you’re interested in reading this or have already.

My opinions of Frankenstein are very positive. As I enjoyed absolutely every aspect of this novel which is rare. I had no issues comprehending it and it had my attention the whole way through. Because of this amazing book, here are two quotes that are my absolute favorite. “My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language.” this quote shows how the creature was so smart and able to develop for himself (Shelly 92). He taught himself how to understand, read, write, and speak. Victor makes him seem like a horrible monster but the monster gains our sympathy with how smart he is. This smartness of his makes us realize how vulnerable and lonely he is which causes the audience to gain a deeper connection with him. which is why this is one of my favorite quotes. This next quote isn’t a huge connection but I had a certain personal aspect to it that is why it is one of my favorites, “There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.” (Shelly 27). This quote reminded me of my parents although their age gap was not as big as Victor’s parents, it felt nice to have some type of personal connection to a novel that I greatly enjoyed. I hope this post in any way interests you enough to read or research a little on Frankenstein. Thank you, please stay safe out there, stay inside, wash your hands, and read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (740).