The Different Kinds of Monsters written by Seth Chambers follows a story of a young man named Dylan Armitage‚ traveling around the United States throughout his life as he meets new people along the way‚ seeing the different sides of them and their monsters‚ including his. The title itself is pretty self-explanatory – that there are different kinds of monsters in this world. But what’s not self-explanatory is that there are monsters‚ outside and inside of us. Just as there was a famous saying that
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What makes a monster a monster can be interpreted in many ways. A monster can be defined as an animal‚ plant‚ threatening force‚ strange terrifying shape‚ or something that is monstrous. Defining a monster is based upon a personal interpretation of what people deem monstrous. C. J. Roberts‚ an author from Captive in The Dark once said “monsters aren’t born‚ they’re made”. In my opinion‚ I agree. From the society‚ we live in today‚ most people are created into monsters by negative surroundings‚ pain
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place so‚ the smallest defect can cause the gears to malfunction and generate chaos within the entire system. Correspondingly‚ Grendel in the novel and the monster in Frankenstein resemble these defects. Their being amongst their surrounding societies makes them realize what outcasts they are. Grendel in the novel is somewhat similar to the monster in Frankenstein because both are pained to not being able to accommodate with people‚ both are rejected by people‚ and both compare their situations to the
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indifference to everything. They bring up his mother’s funeral and say that he showed no signs of emotion. To make things worse‚ he went to a Fernandel comedy and had sex with Marie the very next day. The prosecutor once states‚ “…all I see is a monster.” In one of the interrogation scenes in the novel we find religious belief presented not as evil and corrupt‚ but as a product of ignorance that gives rise to intolerance. In the scene Meursault is asked if he believes in God and responds “no”. The
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Monsters Born Through Salvation Beauty isn’t always measured by the clothes one wears or how bright their smile is‚ but instead‚ beauty is portrayed through the goodness of one’s heart. Similarly‚ a good dead isn’t measured by the size of the deed‚ but by the amount of love people have for the person in spite of the cost of the good deed. Sometimes the consequence of breaking something are consoled by a friend‚ and sometimes the reward for being associated with saving a life is a tea party with
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The monster of Frankenstein was denied the opportunity to be good. Frankenstein’s monster was resentful towards everyone because of his father‚ Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein created the monster and ran away immediately after he came to life. In the novel written by Mary Shelley‚ Frankenstein says‚ “I took refuge in the court-yard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained during the rest of the night…catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the
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and for the many differences shown between Victor and the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ there are also various similarities between these two characters. The way they want to learn‚ they way they used to love but now hate the world‚ and the great sense of remorse they feel at the end. Both‚ Victor and the Monster‚ had a great desire for learning. For Victor it was more about studying and becoming fully educated in the sciences. As for the monster however: he was more interested in learning about human life
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Who is the Real Monster in Frankenstein? British Literature The author‚ Stephen King‚ once wrote‚ “Sometimes human places‚ create inhuman monsters.” The concept of what constitutes a “monster” has been debated by countless scholars for decades. Monsters can take on many forms—in the body or in the soul; in Mary Shelley’s‚ Frankenstein‚ she discusses the concept of a monster by portraying a tragedy about an obsessed scientist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ and his nameless creation. A series
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Frankenstein’s monster is indeed more sinned against than sinning. The monster was a creation made from what the Romantics would consider a sin; he was created by an overambitious human eager to play God and to give life to what was never meant to be. Because he was never meant to live‚ the monster was plunged into a world of desolation and misery from the moment he breathed his first. He committed his sins against humanity because he realizes how miserable his life is‚ and also how he was never
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Five More Minute Monster = procrastination Wesley = me :) Wesley: UGH.. i have to start this five paragraph essay that’s due in a week. Why does my life have to be so hard? Five More Minutes Monster: Or you could go read a book that has nothing to do with the essay for a while. Wesley: Ummm… not saying that thats a bad idea‚ but‚ who are you and where are you?! Five More Minutes Monster: I’m the thing in your head that tells you to stop doing the things that are boring and to go do something
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