Essay On Frankenstein Family

The first phase is the phase of the family. This phase is very important for babies and young children. The reason why the family is so important for young human beings is that they need to be nurtured and to learn certain values. If somebody is very young he cannot care for himself and he does not know any values, such as what is good or what am I allowed to do in certain situations. In this phase, the job of the family is to nurture this human being and to teach him the right values; they are responsible for laying the foundation of the life of this human. On top of that, the family is able to give this young individual something very important: love. In my opinion, it is very important for a child to experience the feeling of love when he …show more content…
One can find a good example for that in the novel Frankenstein written by Marey Shelley. Right after the creature is granted life, its only family member, his creator Dr. Frankenstein, is afraid of him and abandons him. Because of this the “soul” of the monster which “glowed with love and humanity” becomes evil and he kills many people (103). This whole misery only happens because his creator, the farther figure for the creature, “abhors” him (103). Thus, if the monster had experienced the love of a family and he was taught the right values by Dr. Frankenstein, nobody would have been killed and the story would not have had such a tragic ending. This proves the importance of a family and nurture for a new human being. Another, this time positive example for the importance of nurture by a family can be found in the short story collection Discoveries. The mother of Jerry in the short story “Through the Tunnel” written by Doris Lessing has a huge impact on her son. She is a very caring mother who worries about her son, but she exactly knows that Jerry needs to grow up and needs to do his first adventure on his