Commentary on Frankenstein

It is unbelievable that a woman so young wrote this classic novel. Mary Shelly, at only 19 years of age wrote Frankenstein, the fantastic tale of a monster who comes to life. Incredibly, at her age and time frame Frankenstein was published and widely read.


She created a new individual, someone different that stood out among a crowd. It is possible for man to create life, and this classic just proves a man’s ability to do just so. Whether or not man has the right to create life is beyond my control, but I do believe that it is possible to create a being in an unnatural way. Only God can make an actual true human being with a heart, soul, and mind to reason with, and people who try to recreate life only seem as if they are trying to give themselves a "godly" status. To me, cloning and recreating people in the real world is risky and not the way the world was intended to be, but creating a different species in a fantasy world encourages imagination. Authors, like Mary Shelly, who use their imagination to create such a being are appreciated for their creativeness, but shouldn't be taken seriously in that trying to create this inhumane being come to life.


I do not believe in a Sorcerer’s stone, because only God controls your destiny and no one or no thing can change that. People have their superstitions, but usually they believe them only for insecure reasons. Several books and novels have characters that represent an immortal life, but in actuality, that is not possible. Authors usually give the characters the trait of immortality to stand out as a heroic, inhuman, and "above-all" status.


I do believe that monsters reside in us, not in the way that scary movies make us perceive monsters as, but in our everyday life. These "monsters" can be little or big, and each one is different depending on the person. Some people struggle with eating disorders, drug addictions, or alcohol abuse and others struggle with cheating on tests, lying to their authorities, or being disrespectful. Some of the examples are of what would be called "big" monsters and some are considered "little." Either way, they are an internal struggle that everyone faces at some point in their lives, but learning to overcome them is what matters most.