Molly Walsh
April 17, 2012
Post 3 for Frankenstein
I felt like there were so many messages to learn from this book because it depressing and heartbreaking nature. Throughout the book, I just kept hoping for the Monster to be accepted into society because and for people to look deeper than the surface level. It’s sad that he was a person trapped in a body that caused people so much judgment and so much fear and that he couldn’t get people to listen to him or to look deeper. But, I have to say that if I were in that situation of one of the citizens who rebuffed him, I don’t know what I would do. I would like to say that I would try to be nice to him, talk with him, or understand him, but in reality if I saw someone who looked like a threatening monster, I’m not sure if I would be so eager to make friends. It’s a tough situation because it depends on the circumstances. In the story, though the Monster just wanted to be loved and find friendship so bad, but people took him at face level.
I learned that it’s important to get to know a person for who they are as a person, and not what they look like. Empathy needs to be remembered along with taking people’s feelings into consideration. There is more going on in a person than is seen by the outside world and it’s important to keep her in mind of that. Also, even if a person looks weird or ugly that doesn’t mean you could just be mean to them or ignore them. The people in Frankenstein had a choice to ignore the Monster or get to know him and if I’m ever faced with that situation, I hope to do the right thing.
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