How Does Frankenstein Save The Human Mind

Human minds are a fickle thing, especially in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In this book, Victor Frankenstein created a new form of life. Before he was able to contain it, it got away to cause havok. Filled with rage at his creator for being made so hideous, he killed a member of his family and ran off to the mountains. Frankenstein requested that he stop, but the monster wanted to make a deal. A new female companion for people’s safety. When Frankenstein was close to finishing, he destroyed the new creation in front of the monster. Frankenstein’s decision was awful because making the monster a new companion has more of a likelihood to save people than to hurt people. If he had built a female companion which he owes the monster, he would save his family and the people of Geneva, give the monster more of a reason to live, and there would be no danger of reproduction of these creatures. …show more content…
The safety of his loved ones matters more to him than anything which is why he wanted to confront the monster in the first place. He thinks that creating another monster could go wrong, but if Victor and the monster teach her these traits are normal and fine and living in solitude is okay, then she would gladly go with the monster to South America. And doing so, he would not only be saving his family, but also the people of Geneva. The monster’s rampage at Victor most likely won’t stop at his family but will continue as a rampage towards humanity. Everyone around the monster could have their lives at stake thanks to what Victor has done. It doesn’t stop at that, the monster would hate himself even more and not want to exist anymore. Victor endangered everyone’s life with this one decision that, had he thought with more reason, could have turned out for the