Frankenstein Chapter 1 Dialectical Journal

“No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed. When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.”

Character Analysis: Give your ideas about the main characters(s). Include what you like and dislike about the characters and why they deserve praise or criticism. Does the author intend for you to like/dislike them? How do you know?

Friends will determine the direction and quality of your life. Loneliness is a battle that all people will once face at a certain point in their life; it is how they handle it that determines the outcome of that battle. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein loneliness is the most significant and prevailing theme throughout the entire novel. Shelley takes her readers on a wild journey that shows how loneliness can end in tragedy.

In this section of the reading, the creature’s habits really stood out to me. I couldn’t help but see a more softer and human like side to the monster. When the creature is observing his neighbors he comes to notice that they are unhappy and he is “deeply affected” by this. When the creature learns that poverty is causing their unhappiness he also comes to the realization that when he has stolen their food he causes them great pain and suffering. So the creature “abstained” and swore to not steal anymore. So not only is this supposedly monsterish creature feeling sorrow and remorse for others pain, but he also chooses to end his role in causing this pain. These kind of emotions and actions that the creature is conducting are really interesting.

Winnie sighed. She had been waiting for Mr. Scamander to come back for a few hours. The minute he had left, she started wandering around, looking at the beautiful, strange creatures around her. But she began to get bored. Not that anyone could get bored of these animals, each one was as fantastic as the one before. She was bored because she was a people person, and she had no one to talk to, unless you counted the jarvey, which Winnie certainly did not. So after a few minutes, she found her way back to the room she had originally fallen into. She sat right beside the ladder, glancing up every few minutes, hoping that he would come. She didn’t know how long it took to get to Saint-Pierre, but she imagined it couldn’t be longer than half a day.

On October 19, 2017, I went to the Black Box Theatre at Lee High School in Huntsville, Alabama to see Young Frankenstein. The Independent Musical Production Incorporated produced the play. The play was Directed by Vivianne Atkins and Peter-John Sligting. Newt Johnson was the Musical Director. Upon arriving at the theater there was prerecorded music playing in the auditorium. Theme music from Halloween and the sound of thunder could be heard as guest were awaiting the opening of the show. The musical was presented on a Proscenium stage which controls the point of view of the audience, with an Orchestra just in front and below the stage. The sight lines were great and all of the seats in the auditorium allowed for a fantastic view of the stage. The title of the play, Young Frankenstein was visible thru a scrim and revealed the castle were Frankenstein lived. There were lighting strikes that could also been seen thru the scrim. The direction that the light hit the scrim and the spread were perfectly done. I found the way the title behind the scrim, along with the music playing in the background very appealing and proper for a play about Frankenstein. The mass, color and décor were perfectly done for the opening act.

These chapters focus mainly on Victor Frankenstein's back-story as he was growing up. He describes his cousin Elizabeth, who he later becomes married to, and about how they came about finding her. Later we are introduced to Victors best friend, Henry Clerval. We also learn that Frankenstein became fascinated with the sciences by the 16th century author Cornelius Agrippa. This along with many of the other philosophers of that time inspired him to become a scientist. Later he also witnesses the power of electricity when a bolt of lightning strikes a tree nearby where he is staying. At the start of chapter three we learn that Victor is in the process of leaving for college when Elizabeth gets sick. In an effort

Shelley uses imagery relating to your senses to describes the creature’s awakening. Shelley compares this awakening to a baby who was just born."A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time..."(Shelley 90), this quote means that the monster just experienced the all the new senses. This reaction reminds me of going to a place you’ve never been and having to adjust to the different environment. At first, the new environment is strange to you and takes a while for you to become comfortable there. The monster’s birth was like other creatures and living things and people shouldn’t judge him based off there first look at him. They should give him a fair chance to understand and adjust to him.

“The community broke into complete chaos. Everybody and everything was out of order. When the wave of painful memories hit, the people dropped to the floor and held their heads in excruciating pain. We should have thought this through more carefully Jonas. I would never have believed that such anarchy could become in such a peaceful community. But the memories were too harsh. Riots were started. Fires burnt down the buildings. Some jumped into the river and died just

Q: “Examine the effect of the epistolary form of writing throughout the novel Frankenstein. Do you think the epistolary novel form of writing are an effective form of telling the story? How does the epistolary form affect plot development and character development?”

Finally, the villagers were gone. We had finished them off and there were no villagers left. Some of my crew had survived, but most had not. Their faces were sullen, I could tell, by the loss of part of the crew. The gravity of the problem had suddenly struck. We might not have enough men to make it back home. In fury, we burned the village homes and buildings and sailed away. I looked back at the village to see nothing but smoke.

The word “knowledge” was recurring many times throughout Frankenstein novel and attracted or forced the reader to find out the true definition of it. Curiously, I decided to look up the definition of knowledge from the Webster 's Dictionary. It defines, “Knowledge: n. Understanding gained by actual experience; range of information; clear perception of truth; something learned and kept in the mind.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) I realized this word is very straightforward, but has many useful and different meanings to all of us. It is also powerful tool to determine and control the result of our judgment. “Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions”. (Knowledge Intellectual

Fictionally, the greatest-written villains in history possess attributes that give them cause for their behavior, with the most universal and essential of these core traits being a deep, personal backstory behind their acts. For instance, in classic stories like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Monster presents thorough reason to its Creator in terms of why it has turned to wickedness. The Monster does not kill purely for the sake of being evil, its actions are resulted from its desire to be loved by man, yet failing at every attempt to achieve it. Motivation behind monstrous acts is necessary in works of fiction because non-fictionally, people labeled as monsters by society possesses motivation behind their actions as well, whether it be

I will see you later,” said Grayson. He was trying to drag himself away before he embarrassed himself in front of her. He walked to what would have been the center of the camp. He saw survivors huddled together. They had dust and dirt on their clothes, and very somber faces. Normally, after a battle the remnants of the clan destroyed would scatter or join the fanatics. Grayson waited to see what was going to happen, but then he heard the sound of yells and chants again. He knew what was happening. His face dropped with sorrow as the destroyed camp erupted in chaos. The ash clan was coming back to destroy anyone who chose to help the terra clan. People started running out of the camp and hiding, but for some reason Grayson stood there standing, in the middle of the

In the novel, Frankenstein written by Marry Shelley, Victor had undoubtedly become relentless in pursuing the reanimation of life in an inanimate lifeless being. Victor could have inevitabely be called obsessed with his work. Victor Frankenstein had always been curious about the reanimation of human life. Until he attempted it and suceeded was when he knew he made a mistake. Victor Frankenstein was blinded by curiosity and obsession.