Frankenstein
Since the time of human creation, the development of a person is greatly placed upon the nature of their society. A member of a tribe in Africa will have a much different mind setting than a person who lives in a modern country. The African tribe member's mind setting will be much different because the amount of technology is limited. They're personalities will be based around survival and what the ancient rituals for their tribe are. For the citizen of a modern country, personalities and mind settings will also be much different. Because of increased knowledge and technology, people are not worried about whether or not they will be able to get food as that is just an accepted part of being a modern citizen. Because we have no real worries over survival, people are able to worry about more simplistic things such as proper dinner rules and what a person should or should not look like. When this is all brought together, it helps to show that knowledge equals society. These different societies are what form a person, whether it is one who is raised to be independent and hunt for their survival or to worry about what kind of suit they should wear to dinner. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, there are m
any different themes carried out through the book but in depth, every theme is based around the major idea of knowledge. The monster was created by Frankenstein but was never taught anything by him and was cast out on his own with no clue as to what to do. He did not know what society he belonged to, nor did he have any knowledge at all of what his situation was. Only upon finding his huddle in the back of a cottage was he able to get some idea of what and how he belonged. To be brought into the world in such a harsh manner is not going to allow the formation of a standard knowledge, but only what his personal thoughts tell him. If Frankenstein would have taken the monster from the very beginning, it would have known the dangers of society and the way they would react to him and that he must stay to himself. Since he was never taught this, his was forced to go into the world alone and make all these discoveries himself. If knowledge is the root of society, then how is it even possible for the monster to survive? In actuality, he would not have been able to learn as quickly as he did, but in Frankenstein, he was able to learn quickly and his only way of doing this was by studying the cottagers and copying their actions. After living with them for two years unknown, he was as gentle as a baby for all he wanted was for these people to see him and look at him by his personality and not his looks. The reader is able to s
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Approximate Word count = 970
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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