Scientific Advancement In Frankenstein

In this world there are positives and there are negatives. For every action there is a reaction. Scientific advancement is necessary in society and has been present for thousands of years. It’s seen everywhere in the world from the first invention of the wheel to the modern-day car. Sadly, sometimes there are some unpredicted consequences like in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor creates a creature that ends up having terrible consequences to his health and life. For a long time he isn’t able to see his family and he becomes so sick that he has to be nursed back to health. No matter the consequences scientific advancements are necessary to furthering society. People may say no that it is never ok to put a life on the line for science, …show more content…
They ask how could someone risk a life for science how can the test be so important that some needs to put a life on the line. Many inventions and ideas have been brought to life after someone risked their life to get to their goal. The first men on the moon could have been shot out of orbit, but they took the risk and ended up reaching their goal. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor comes to the edge of killing himself because all he does is focus on his creature. He says, “For this I deprived myself of rest and health” (Shelley 42). Victor was so devoted and inspired by his creature that he broke the set laws of science to create it. He may have been stepping on death's doorstep but that didn’t stop him because it was his passion and his love. This is same for people today, they will go to large heights and the lowest depths just to discover a few new numbers in a theory. No matter what is said or if something puts them on death's doorstep they will find a way out because they have a passion that moves them to their end …show more content…
If a scientist were to give his life for 10,000 people he would be thought of as a hero right? A lot of people would be told it's not worth it that they should value their life the same as 10,000 lives. “As what happened last month when 15 Alzheimer's patients suffered brain inflammation after taking an experimental vaccine.”(Onion, 20) Many people suffer from Alzheimer's on a daily basis and if one drug was able to cure them but it had to hurt those 15 people first they wouldn't care they would go for it. People need to see sometimes that the reward outweighs the risk in this tricky game of life. Sometimes someone must make a huge sacrifice for the outcome of