Thursday, April 22, 2010

I Wish I Could Just Go On A Nature Walk And Have All My Problems Disappear...

For someone who was so disgusted by his own creation, it seems ironic, to me anyway, that Frankenstein always feels better whenever he takes a nature walk and admires all of God's creation. These nature walks and never ending monologues of how bad he feels and his constant feelings of guilt were the most annoying part of the book for me. I can understand, in a way, how Frankenstein can feel bad about what he has done, but it's not all his fault. He didn't train the monster to go and kill people, yet he didn't do anything to make him a gentle creature either. If anyone has a right to feel sorry for themselves and wallow, it's the monster, not Frankenstein. The monster has no one because no one will ever accept him. He did not choose to be brought into this world, yet he is now apart of it and must learn how to cope. The monster is the one who has real problems, but all of Frankenstein's were brought upon himself.

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