Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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After he is deserted by his father and creator, the creature has to find alternative means of education. He learns much about life by observing the DeLacey family and reading epic poetry like Paradise Lost and novels like Plutarch's Lives and Sorrows of Werter. I know it's hard to believe that the creature actually "learns" something from reading books, but he DOES!! My question to you is this: what can you learn about people/life/humanity/science etc. from reading Frankenstein. Do NOT just plot summarize.
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From reading Frankenstein you can learn some things. For instance you can learn how people are affected by how they are raised. You can learn some things about science, such as how alchemy is an outdated science. You find out how hard life can be if you have no guidance to help you understand fundamental concepts. It also teaches you that people rejects things which are different from them, like Frankenstein's monster, who people refuse to have anything to do with just because of his unnaturally large size and ugliness.
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Good start Jade
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have read of Frankenstein so far I have learned quite a few things. I have learned that making one choice, taking one action, can change a person's life forever, and that from this change one will forever suffer the consequences. Also, I've learned that without the proper guidance and up bringing in life we become victims of our own inner monster, and follow instincts based upon hatred and desolation. However, the lesson I most agree with from this book is that innocense is truly bliss.
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The most important thing I have learned from Frankenstein is judgement. People pass judgement everytime they look at something, it is uncontrollable. However, what is controllable is if you let the judgement influence your reaction to how you treat a person or object. For instance, I analyze everyone as soon as I see them, and I am not going to lie, I do pass bad judgement sometimes. I usually let this effect the way I react or how willing I am to go and meet them. By reading Frankenstein, you realize that what everyone else views as a monster can actually be innocent and caring like a baby inside. All he wanted was for someone to like him, and I feel many kids and people can relate to that. Everyone, including me, need to get to know EVERYONE and then proceed with how we think of them after that. You don't know people's home lifes, and just because someone else doesn't like a person doesn't mean you automatically inherit that same feeling towards them. By relating to the creature, and putting yourself and others in his shoes, the emotions you feel can be life altering.
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Brittany - explain your innocence is bliss comment more....
ReplyDeleteInner monster- nicely done!
Frankenstein is an excellent teaching tool. It is filled with examples of human follie, power, greed, love, faith and a number of other subjects are touched upon. It honestly amazes me that Mary Shelley was only 19 years old when she wrote this book. She could have never guessed how popular it would become. Through reading the book I feel that Mary Shelley was tryingto prove a point, make a statement and educate people. Her extraordinary vocabulary and vast content matter makes this book one that people can learn from for years and years to come.
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Chelsea...thanks for sharing something you consider a personal fault...I do not think you are alone in this fault
ReplyDeleteI believe many things can be learned from reading Frankenstein as it is a very deep and intelligently written book. However the easiest and most important lesson to learn from this manuscript is the effect that love, or lack thereof, can have on the life of a being. The creature in this story was abandoned at a fragile time in his life and ever after he felt the sorrow of abandonment. He spent his time in thought about this incident, and the fact that he was always alone. As he said to victor, "I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone?" All he wanted was companionship but he was abhored by all so he became a fiend. That is the lesson to be learned, be kind and love your neighbor, because misery would turn us all into monsters if the chance was given, but with love misery has no place.
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-Mrs. Matysak
ReplyDeleteI think this book really brightens the light that shows people how quickly judgement is passed and also how detramental it can be. I think many do have this fault and the book makes it easier to see that it is human nature, but that doesn't make it right. People can see that they are not alone and people have judged since the time Frankenstein was wrote, but I hope it atleast provokes a change for people when the realization comes to them.
-chelsea norem
Did misery turn the creature into a monster? or did the monster make a conscious decision to let the misery motivate him to be malicious?
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ReplyDeleteI feel that the monster did make that conscious decision. As he is relating his tale to Victor he even says after the cottege incident where he was thrown out and shot that, "Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengence to all mankind."(101). He let that pain and misery get to hime. And he also made a vow making it seemingly perminant no matter what.
Mellisa C.
misery definitely made the monster
ReplyDeletehe was "born" with no intention of becoming a malicious being,really with no intention at all. The circumstances that he went through molded who he became. I think that if I had to live in the woods, hide myself from people and never have an ounce of love I may become a monster as well.[jacque]
By "innocense is bliss," I mean we are always trying to learn more things, advance in everything we do, but in the process of our learning, we find that we are never fully satisfied, so we continue to learn, the more we learn the more power we have, and the more power we have the more destructive we become.
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-Jacque
ReplyDeleteIf this was facebook, I would like your comment! Seriously, the way he HAS to live is horrible, and could lead anyone to want to retaliate.
-chelsea norem
Mellissa and class...
ReplyDeleteso is it Victor's fault or the monster's fault, since the monster made the conscious decision?
Brittany - this is AP test kind of thinking : )
ReplyDelete-Mrs. Matysak
ReplyDeleteI think it is Victor's fault because if the creature had Victor, I don't think he would have had to make the decision he did.
-chelsea norem
I think it's Victor's fault, after all, if he had given the monster the love and care that it deserved in the first place, the outcome would not have been the same. The monster is not at fault for becoming a product of his environment.
ReplyDeleteWhile I maintain that a scientist need not be held responsible for the use of his creations and discoveries, I also say that he is responsible for HIS OWN choices and uses regarding what he has made. He CHOSE to abandon his creation. He CHOSE not to care for it. He is responsible for making those decisions.
-Jade
but chelsea...the monster made the ultimate decision...when can we stop playing the blame game in life?
ReplyDelete-mrs. matysak
ReplyDeleteThe creature did not make a concious decision to be abbandoned. What ever the monster has done is the fault of Victor. He is responsible for creating him. Victor spent two years working on a creation that he just let run away. He should have been more prepared.[jacque]