Mrs. Knudson/English 10A Frankenstein by Mary Shelly Journal Entry #1 When people read the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly they sympathize with all of the characters‚ but they tend to sympathize more with the monster. I myself sympathized with the monster more despite his many evil deeds. It is possible that the reason for this sympathy towards the monster from us is because the monster reminds us of how we feel when we are lonely‚ abandoned‚ or angered by someone else and just the thought
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The concept of ‘other’‚ and the act of ‘othering’ is a powerful idea used in many literary texts to in order to construct meaning. The use of othering is apparent in the novel‚ Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. Embracing both the Romantic and Enlightenment context of its time‚ Frankenstein is a masterfully crafted novel which seamlessly explores a variety of themes and ideas. In the text Shelley uses the process of othering to explore the ideas of somatic alterity
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How do you overcome fear? Confidence. Confidence is the most important key to being succesful thoughout life and you will need it to overcome the challenges you face throughout it. People who lack confidence will never be where they want to be in life‚ and will always have to sit back and watch others who are. You want to be confident in life because you have many benefits‚ its easy on how to be confident‚ and why being confident is important. Contention 1: The first reason that you should be confident
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Effects of acquirement of knowledge being dangerous Throughout history‚ knowledge has been shown as a fantastic thing‚ but the novel Frankenstein shows that knowledge is not always a virtuous moral. Across the story every main character shows what knowledge has done to them through their actions and their words. With this in mind‚ there are also magnificent things knowledge has created in history‚ which will be shown and supported with excerpts from academic articles. First‚ evidence of what
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written through the memory of the conquerors or the conquered‚ and as a result there is a great disparity in the facts‚ those facts changing depending on which side produced the documents. We will take a look at several of the documents published in Victors and Vanquished from both the Spanish and Nahua perspectives‚ analyzing them for bias‚ lessons learned‚ as well as the different contrasts between different perspectives. In addition I think it is important to look at the overall motivation behind
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The Process of making Doritos Juan Gonzalez Pedegree II teacher: Alana Olson Is it good or bad for health? That’s a question many people say to themselves‚ but the truth is that whether bad unhealthy or not‚ Doritos has become part of people’s daily life when it comes to grocery shopping. Probably when Arch West created the Doritos idea‚ he never tought that it would become what is now; because from 1990’s until now (and counting) are the most famous
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story‚ Frankenstein‚ the monster wants someone to care about him and accept him in every way since he feels rejected towards the human. For instance‚ the monster tells Victor‚ “You must create a female for me whom I can live with in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (104). The monster appearance may be difficult to look at but he developes the same patterns as the human such as sense of smell‚ touch‚ sight‚ taste‚ and hearing. The monster looks just like the humans except
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The story of Frankenstein has been told around the world in various different ways. I remember the story of Frankenstein to be completely different from what Mary Shelly had written in her novel. I had always remembered Frankenstein being the monster that was created‚ but turns out Frankenstein is the creator of the monster. Despite all the different versions of Frankenstein none of them accurately resemble the true story of Frankenstein. When I first began to read Frankenstein I had no idea what
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suicide is unacceptable by showing that the only exception to a reasonable suicide is actually the opposite of our natural human instinct and reasons. Suicide is deemed as a selfish act because our identity is somehow embarked in other people. This idea is shown in the beginning chapters when a hopeless and guilt-wrenched character‚ named Victor‚ strongly contemplates suicide. Victor later restrains from committing suicide when considering that an ending to his existence would cause misery upon his loved
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Frankenstein Journal Characters Victor Frankenstein- The main character of the story. He builds the monster. He is scared of his creation forgets about it. The monster kills his whole family and sends Frankenstein to his doom. He is never able to stop the monster. The Monster- The creation of Frankenstein. The monster is very intelligent; it learns language by observation. He is sad that nobody wants to accept him. He goes on a rampage and kills many people. Henry Clerval- A friend of Frankenstein
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