Personal Narrative: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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It is the year 1786,what i'm about tell you changed the world and mankind...I woke from my deep slumber my brothers and sisters slept quietly under the starlight, I heard rustling in the bushes, “what was that” I thought, I drew my dagger and stood protecting my family, I tried to alert my father but it was too late, the giant monster appeared from behind bushes, “what is this? ... what should I do?...” I thought, it was a man.But something was right with this strange man who suddenly appeared behind the bushes.It was a man,it was a man all that fuss about thinking it was some creature and it was a man,his clothes were torn to shreds,he was covered in pungent mud which gave him a quite unpleasant smell,out of the blue he started screaming in agony which awoke my family from their deep and peaceful slumber.My father quickly ran to the man to give him aid, but what happened next changed my life, my family,the world. I

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