Appearance against acceptance “ Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property. I was, besides, endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome; I was not even of the same nature as man” (Shelly 128). In the world we live in now, appearance portrays*s a major factor of how people think of us. When wearing dark colored clothing, we may be perceived as “ghetto” or be in a gang related business; on the other hand, wearing in designer clothing can be seen as being “snobby”. It is a natural human instinct to place judgement on something, regardless of intention. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist, grew up in a
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The creation yearns to know his neighbors better, so he plans to somehow make his existence known to them. The creation waits for the young adolescents to leave the cottage. When they finally do, he makes a conversation with the old man that is still in there. After a while in the intense conversation, the old man says, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance but there is something in your own words which persuades me that you are sincere” (Shelley, 144). When the old man states, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance,” he is saying how he can’t judge him because of his blindness. Since the creation hasn’t been around kind-hearted humans, it is believed that the old man said this because he wanted to reassure the creation and give him more confidence into talking with the old man. Afterwards, when the old man said,”...but there is something in your own words which persuades me that you are sincere,” the old man believe that from the conversation they had, the creation has a sincere heart and is kind. Although the old man is unable to see his outer appearance, he feels that the creation has a beautiful and kind heart, characterizing that his inner beauty matters more than the outside. Shelly uses the conversation with the old man to depict one doesn’t need eyes to see inner
The creation yearns to know his neighbors better, so he plans to somehow make his existence known to them. The creation waits for the young adolescents to leave the cottage. When they finally do, he makes a conversation with the old man that is still in there. After a while in the intense conversation, the old man says, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance but there is something in your own words which persuades me that you are sincere” (Shelley, 144). When the old man states, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance,” he is saying how he can’t judge him because of his blindness. Since the creation hasn’t been around kind-hearted humans, it is believed that the old man said this because he wanted to reassure the creation and give him more confidence into talking with the old man. Afterwards, when the old man said,”...but there is something in your own words which persuades me that you are sincere,” the old man believe that from the conversation they had, the creation has a sincere heart and is kind. Although the old man is unable to see his outer appearance, he feels that the creation has a beautiful and kind heart, characterizing that his inner beauty matters more than the outside. Shelly uses the conversation with the old man to depict one doesn’t need eyes to see inner