Frankenstein Knowledge Quotes

Frankenstein In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a persistent theme in the novel is knowledge and the power wisdom possesses. Although Shelley focuses on Victor Frankenstein’s knowledge, the creature turns into an intellectual and has several epiphanies throughout the plot. Specifically, the creature states, “Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seen it, like a lichen on the rock. I wished at once to shake off all thought and feeling” while learning about the darkest components of human nature (Shelley 102). This quote summoned a tidal wave of emotions when I first read it because it resembles thoughts I have acquired a countless amount of times. As a child, all I wanted to do was be an adult. I wanted to understand everything my parents and their friends would talk about. There were days when my mom would be crying while watching the news, or laughing about a joke that made absolutely no sense to me. I could not, for the life of me, figure out why I couldn’t understand their humor and emotions. I yearned for the knowledge that would help me understand what was happening. Therefore, I spent my childhood in constant anticipation of being an adult and being able to fully understand the world. One of my first experiences with the impact of knowledge was when I was about 10. I …show more content…
Knowledge is the most powerful possession I own. Every day I learn something that aides my future in some way. With each piece of knowledge I gain, my life changes forever, but I have come to embrace that. I am so thankful for everything my parents have taught me and all the times my parents have been brutally honest with me about the realities of the world. Without this awareness, there is no way I can protect myself from being one of those devastating news stories that shatter realities and cause mothers to have anxiety each time their child leaves the