Frankenstein

Who is the real monster? The term “human” is usually associated with acts of kindness, thoughtfulness and sympathy. Being human can sometimes even require risking one’s own life in order to help someone in danger. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley examines the question of what it means to be human by exploring the difference between a real human being and an artificially created man. Frankenstein contains a number of scenes where the artificial …showed first 75 words of 1562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1562 total…and shun the monster just because of his outward appearance. I think that our society still contains lots of people who sometimes, just like a man with a gun, act with the lack of tolerance and violently towards those who are “different”. Besides, there are a lot of people in our society who seem to have the same mentality of Frankenstein, and can do just about whatever they want to with little regard for consequences.