Frankenstein Overview

I thought that this was a very interesting book. It explores many ideas about creation and what is right and what is wrong. That is what I think the main point of this story is. Once Victor creates the monster, he starts to contemplate if what he did is right or wrong. He starts to think the latter because the monster is going around killing people and just overall messing up Victor's life. Victor thinks that all of these things are happening purely because he thinks that the monster is evil at the deepest levels. But, in actuality, the monster is only evil because of what Victor did. He was negligent towards the monster and abandoned him because he was afraid of the creature he created. During the times that the monster and Victor are separated, Victor becomes increasingly unhealthy. During one of my lit circles, Doug brought up an interesting point. He said that maybe the monster and Victor need to be around each other for Victor to be healthy. It just shows that Victor is feeling guilty because his creation is causing so much grief. Eventually, Victor realizes that what he did was wrong because he did not create a companion for the original monster. I think that Mary Shelly is saying something about creation. Maybe she believes that creation should be left to God. I know it was a little premature but this theme seems strangely relevant to the cloning issues going on today. Overall I thought this book was very good but wasn't the best written book.