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What Is The Difference Between Frankenstein Then And Now
Now in Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein created a monster. Well when Frankenstein created this monster he abandoned it. He left it after he say the creation for the first time. Victor never even gave him a chance to be taught the ways of life. After Victor ran away the creation became upset and confused, he did not know that yet but he was. He did not know anything about life. All he knew was abandonment. Now I am on the side of the creation because he was just left with not knowing anything and he had to learn about the world in the worst way possible. He had to learn how no one would except him for what he was. Also he did not have to right to be put on this planet he was created and then Victor left him and did nothing to prepare him for …show more content…
He did kill people and burn houses to the ground, he did make Victor’s life horrendous but that was because that was what he learned from the books he read and the conversations he listened to. The Creation was only doing what he knew best to do. Now he told Victor that if he did one thing for him that he would leave him alone forever and Victor promised to do so. Then Victor all of a sudden broke that promise and destroyed something the creation may have loved. Victor is the true evil in this book because he was the one who did not teach the Creation good he let evil take the Creation over. Now an example of the creation wanting to do good was when he saw that little girl and wanted to help her. Her father just saw the creation as a monster and shot him. That is not the Creations fault that is all put on Victor because he did not tell the creation that he can’t help people or be around people. Now another example would be when the Creation was helping that family by getting fire wood for them. And by just wanting to be accepted by and person or even the family, but the Creation did not know that so that is why he was beaten and chased away. Now the creation should have been more reasonable with Victor and maybe should not have done some of the things that he …show more content…
Now if I was Victor I would have created a female for the Creation. He would have left me alone and I could have had a happy life and a good family, but Victor was being selfish and was only thinking about himself and did not grant the one and only wish the Creation had for him. I believe that another good thing would have been the creation could have maybe learned a better way afterwards and could have taught the female creation the same ways. Now the Creation also did not think about the bad part of the female. She may have thought the way normal people do and be afraid of the male Creation and not love him the way he thinks she will love him. Maybe she will like being evil and not want to leave the Frankenstein family alone. Victor did owe the Creation something tho so he should have given him that one wish. Since that did not happen the Creation stuck with his words and did make Victor’s life hell by the end of the

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