Comparing Frank And Robot

Frank and Robot is an emotional story about an elderly man struggling with Alzheimer's disease. The main character Frank has many relationships throughout the story, and you hear of a few others. However the most important relationship to the story is the one between Frank and the Robot that his son Hunter gave him to take care of him when he is away. This relationship with Robot becomes important to Frank over a period of time. Throughout the story Robot helps Frank cope and manage his dementia, and live life happily again creating a meaningful relationship between Frank and the Robot. In the beginning Frank is very opposed to the Robot living with, and helping him. Nevertheless by the end of the next day Frank has given in, now letting the Robot help him with simple chores such as cooking and cleaning, which he is still quite displeased with. The scene that shows the start of a meaningful relationship is the first walk they go on. Frank and the Robot are walking through the woods, and Frank is talking about how he should just send him back with his son. Robot objects to the idea by explaining that if he fails the task given him he would be sent back to the factory then his memory would be erased. This strikes a chord with Frank , because even …show more content…
One of these would be the fact that the librarian that he has a crush on is actually his ex-wife. As Frank is running away from the police he needs a place to hide and the first person he can think of is Jennifer. He barges into the closed library where she is working in her office. Frank begins to talk to her, and looks around when he finally notices the pictures on the wall. The pictures displayed are of him, his children, and her. Jennifer begins to explain, but Frank already realizes what he has forgotten, his wife. This shows how bad his condition really is, and this is where he finally accepts it. He storms out of her office and heads