What Does Being Human Mean? [Summary]

Many people have different views and oppions as to what "being human" means, but being human consists of a deeper love for one another, and bearing a soul.

One of the many reasons why humans are a unique species is because of our ability to choose our own eternity. Animals, which we are sometimes refered to as, do not go to heaven or hell. Therefore, they do not have control over their destiny. As humans we are able to have a personal relationship with God, which definitely gives our race a unique factor. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, A human attempts to make another living being. He succeeds, but does not properly care for his creation in the way that any other human needs. This goes to prove that humans attempting to create something that can only be designed by God will only lead to a mistake.

Humans also are able to have a deeper love for one another. You might ask, "How can you tell animals don't love each other?", but animals only reproduce to keep their species alive. They don't reproduce because they "love each other," but because it is in their DNA to reproduce to keep their own species going. Humans, on the other hand, usually only reproduce if they honestly and truely care for one another. And I'm going to leave that there for the imagination before I get to into detail...In addition, humans are able to read feelings. We can tell how someone feels or what they are going through by simply looking at the expression written on their face.


Counter:

Animals are able to read feelings as well humans. For example, a dog can tell how their owner feels, and is able to respond to them by cuddling or sort of "sympathizing" with them. Also, how can you know for sure that animals don't go to heaven or hell? There is no way of knowing for sure until that time comes, and no one has ever come back to life to tell about it.

The Monster More Human than Man?

At some point, ironically enough, the monster seems to show more human qualities than Victor Frankenstein, his creator.

Humans tend to be there for one another. For example, when a mother has a child, no matter how pretty or ugly, the mother will care and nurture for her baby as long as the child is dependent on someone else. And even after the child is grown and gone, the mother continues to care for them. On the other hand, as soon as Frankenstein saw the monster, he ran away afraid at what he had done, and left the monster alone to figure out how to live by his self.

After the monster murdered many of Frankensteins family members and close friends, he admitted to his crimes and told the reasoning behind them. In complete contrast, Victor Frankenstein wasn't "man enough" to admit that he had even created the beast that was committing all of those horrible crimes. Frankenstein was so worried about what people thought and how they would treat him if they were to ever figure out what he had done, that he was willing to keep letting the monster run wild killing more innocent people.

Even though the monster looked nothing like a human from the outside, he acted more humanly than even his own creator.