Destruction In Frankenstein

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Everyone needs a friend, good or bad they all have feelings deep down. As you have read in the book Frankenstein, the “Monster” named Frankenstein also has these feelings about needing a companion to get through life. I feel everyone should go through life with someone by their side. Whether you are human or not you are going to have to rely on someone or something besides yourself, but there is plenty of things that can go wrong. Frankenstein feels he needs someone to love him to live a happy life, and that may or may not be true. He says that if the creator of Frankenstein makes a girl version of himself then he would leave far away together and never bother society again. Who knows though, he may not be happy with her .What if she doesn’t like him and he gets even more upset than before. There are so many decisions that the creator “Victor” must decide on. It could be good or bad, but he is scared something bad might happen if …show more content…
He also could possibly have a fight with this other newer monster .What if she doesn’t like him and she is scared and it makes Frankenstein mad. He is like a confused child he doesn’t know right from wrong. He was barely brought into this world, there is a huge possibility it would be too dangerous to have two monsters. Victor is very confused on the choice he must make. The second reason Victor does not yet want to create another monster is because, what if they get together and produce more monsters. They can start a family and be good or evil, it is an unpredictable action that he must take. Would it be better to just give the monster what he wants? What if he gets mad and does try to do something bad if he doesn’t get another monster to make him happy? It is too dangerous for Victor that is why he ripped the monster apart so he could make sure he wants to do

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