Welcome to the continued exploration of British Literature as the class explores the 18th century through the Modern Period of British literary history.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
monster):
the character that i sympathize with the most would be the monster because it wasnt his fault that victor created him so ugly and terrorfiy and to have to discover the world on your own would suck because knowing that your own creator ran and screanes from you deffinatly doesnt make you happy or have positive feelings about the human race . i also feel terrible because of how alone and hated he was, it must have been terrible not having one single person to talk to, no relations no exsistance of love based soly on his outward appreance of which he had no control , and being doomed to walk the earth forever hated, even as kids in middle school when someone hates you it reallly brings you down or feeling you have no friends or no one to talk to well at leat you always have your family where as the monster felt like this every day of his life but never had ne family or ne thing to fall back on /:
Sympathy
My sympathy goes the the monster. Victor wanted to try to defy nature and create life, but then he created a monster who victor ran out on. The monster was abandoned by his creator. If victor took care of the monster than the monster wouldnt have been a monster. Instead victor left him and left the monster afraid and confused. So the monster left and killed to get revenge.
On the other hand
I could also sympathise with the monster, he was created by victor. The monster was in some part like that of a child and did not know much better. When victor abandoned the monster, the monster was hurt and like any young mind he would like to gain revenge. So in some sense the cause to victors problem was himself he created a monster by abandoning it and enraging it aswell. If victor had only taken care of the monster and tought it to be a decent living creature he would not have gone on his killing spree.
Sympathy
I am going to have to simpathize with victor just because of all the wrong things the monster did to get back at him. The monster murdered his entire family and all of his loved ones. I just think that the monster by now would of learned that what he was doing was only out of revenge, and surved no purpose. His actions were only out of spite of victor, his only goal was to hurt victor.
sympathy
It's hard to give sympathy to either one but since I have to choose it is going to go to the monster. He didn't have the choice of whether to be created or not and now that he is, he is alone. There aren't any creatures like him and Victor won't make another creature for him. Victor abandoned him right from the start so he has absolutely no one because whenever a human puts an eye on him, they immediately see his ugliness and either beat him or turn away. They judge him by what he looks like. This is a lot how society is today. On the other hand although, it is somewhat hard to sympathize for him because he has killed. Maybe if he hadn't done such evil acts, maybe Victor would create another monster. He has put a fear in Victor that another creature like him might end up wanting to destroy like the monster did. When it comes down to it though, Victor is able to make his own decisions and the monster isn't really because this is how he is...ugly, disgusting, and abandoned. There is no changing that.
The monster is the victim here!
How I feel is that he was created without choice and he looks hideous and can't do anything about it. I mean there was no make-up back then and no plastic surgeons, all though I don't think they could of helped. But he was just an innocent bystander in the situtation. Victor got so caught up in his work that he didn't think about what the outcome would be and how it would effect his life forever. After all the dead are suppose to be in the ground not walking around with the living. If your dead your dead just stay there. Cause I'm sure he would of liked to. Now that he has be brought to life he must suffer all the hate that has been brought against him because of his apperance. But I'm sure that Victor will learn his lesson somehow and hopfully pass it on to other so that way they do not fall into the same trap that he has.
Who should get my sympathy?
I suppose I would sympathize with the monster just because Victor's the one that created him. I mean he just wants to be human or at least accpected by mankind. If you think about it, it was Victors thirst to obtain the unobtainable that led to his creation. If Victor wouldn't of be knowledge hunger and if he wouldn't of gone against Nature none of this would of happened. Life would of gone on great and there would be no monster. No murder and no unhappiness. You would of been able to see more love and joy instead of hate and envy. Victor was selfish so then he himself became a monster.