Frankenstein vs. Racism

When reading the full novel of "Frankenstein", it is hard to ignore the theme of racism that is prevalent in the book, just in a different context. Victor creates the monster and he is born just that, a monster. When the monster runs away, he has no place in the world to go. Despite his calm nature and intelligence, everyone else sees him as a monster than as a normal person. While people are quick to chase the monster away, different races and cultures went through something very similar in the 60's. No one takes the time to talk to the monster and see what he is really about and try to understand him. Instead of doing this, people shoo him away for his looks and tall stature. If that's not a form of racism, I don't know what is.

-Jimmy

"I am your father...." How Star Wars relates to Frankenstein

In the trilogies of George Lucas's Star Wars, the main protagonists are Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker. Two completely different but also similar personalities; intertwined by fate. When Anakin Skywalker was seduced by the darkside of the force he was going against his former mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi. When he fell in the pit of lava and was being "built" again and rose from a human, to this monstrous black robotic looking creature, it reminded me of when Frankenstein's monster rose. The growth of innocence turning into darkness also related to how Victor Frankenstein once used his excuse to tamper with creating life. At first he was "on a quest to free humans from disease, that they would only die a violent death". He was an innocent explorer tampering with "the dark side of the force". This is a direct metaphor to how Anakin was seduced to the dark side, shaded by the innocence of saving his wife and restoring the republic.

-Greg F. Hooks

clOning & Frankenstein__

The book Frankenstein and cloning have a lot in common, certain questions such as What life really is and the meaning of it comes up. The idea of being your own creator is being brought up on both topics. Many people do not agree with cloning, the similar topic of the novel Frankenstein. Cloning isn't original, it isn't the way that life should come about. Just like the way that doctor Frankensteins creation wasn't original. Both of these topics cause controversy that makes us humans question life itself and the worth of human-kind. Just like Dr. Frankenstein tried to replicate humans is the same idea that cloning brings about. Creating your own human, that has the ability to use its mind, has memories and even its own human body is also illustrated in Frankenstein. I believe it isn't right to clone humans, but then again there are humans that are similar too Dr. Frankenstein and have a thirst for knowledge. I believe as humans we are always striving to be on top, but we gotta remember, there are certain things that should be left in the hands of god. Cloning is definitely one of those things... __ by: KAMINI JAIRAM__

Of Mice and..... Frankenstein?

When looking through my favorite classic American movies and novels based off of them, I've stumbled upon 'Of Mice And Men' by John Steinbeck. You can't help but realize the similarities within these two stories, although they're very different. In 'Of Mice and Men', one of the main characters is a behemoth of a man, but has the intelligence and naivety of that of a child, and he is known as a monster throughout the community they reside in, ringing any bells? This is just like the first opening scenes when Frankenstein's monster rose. Another scene that I could almost directly relate to Frankenstein is when the monster killed the little boy by accident by covering up his mouth. And When Lennie (the big guy in Mice and Men) killed the young woman in the barn, they both didn't know what they were capable of, but they both committed murder.

-Greg F. Hooks

mOdern prOmetheus and frankenstein__

In comparing frankenstein and realive stories i have discovered that in greek mythology the Titan was very similar to Frankensteins creator, Victor. Prometheus, in some versions of greek mythology was the Titan that created man-kind. It was also the prometheus who then secretly took fire and gave it to man. when Zeus discovered this, he eternally punished prometheus by fixing him to a rock where each day a predatory bird would come and devour his liver, then Herculed released him.


Promethes was also a myth told in latin but was a very different story. In this version Prometheus makes man from clay and water, this is a very relevant theme to Frankenstein as Victor rebels against the laws of naure and as a result is punished by his creation. Victors work in creating man by new means reflects the same work of the Titan in creating humans. Both the Titan and Victor gets punished for their creations. Victor loses the ones close to him and has the dread of himself getting killed by his own creation. For Mary Shelley Prometheus was not a hero but rather a devil,whom she blamed for bringing fire to man and thereby seducing the human race to the vice of eating meat (fire brought cooking which brought hunting and killing). This is reflected in Chapter 17 of the novel, where the "monster" speaks to Victor Frankenstein. Both these stories are very similar, the creation of a monster and the killing of the creator is illustrated in both stories.. by__ KAMINI JAIRAM

How the Frankenstien "mentality" affected the 1950's technology

"Oh my god, i've created a monster!" is a famous quote from Frankenstein lore, but if you look at today's society, and societies of the past, you could directly relate this statement from mary shelly's masterpiece to the mistakes of that society. During the Manhattan Project American scientists were devising a new weapon to fight against the Axis powers in WWII, they created the hydrogen and atomic bombs. This bomb was later used in the Pacific theater against the islands Hiroshima and Nagasaki, of warring nation Japan. This coincides with Frankenstien's creation of him trying to create something for thee good of humanity, but ended up creating a "monster", just like the A bombs.

-Greg F. Hooks