Companionship is the key to the survival of mankind. Humans would not have made it this far in time without working together as companions. Even when God created Adam, he also created Eve as his one and only companion. People require companionship in order to work efficiently. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor Frankenstein tells Robert Walton his story of how his obsession with science causes him to give life to a creature. In the novel, the need for companionship is a prominent theme: it is expressed several times as Victor tells his story. Companionship has many positive effects on a person, and it is essential for one’s survival. Companionship is a main factor in one’s happiness, and without it, a person is bound to lose
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If a person isolates himself from the rest of the world, the person will become insane, and his mental health will be demolished. This situation is evidently seen in the novel. Victor begins his life in a stable home, and he is surrounded by a supporting family (Shelly 16). Then, Victor leaves for college and starts studying alone in his laboratory. Victor says, “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit” (Shelly 33). Later, Victor begins to hallucinate, and he dreams of kissing Elizabeth, but her body turns into his mother’s corpse (Shelly 35). In his childhood, Victor is surrounded by many companions; however, as he leaves for college, he loses all of them, and he dissociates himself from the rest of the world. This causes him to turn insane and lose his mind. The thoughts that go in his head question his mental health and his well-being. According to “Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Risk Factors in Serial Killers and Mass Murderer” by Clare Allely, one of the common characteristic that most serial killers share is that they were antisocial in their early life. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer was “unattached during childhood and failed to bond with anyone” (Allely et al. 6). In addition, James Floyd Davis was “a loner as a child” (Allely et al. 6). Dahmer and Davis had no caring companions in their childhood, and they were detached from the world. When they grew up, they had an unstable mental health, which caused them to become serial killers. Like Davis and Dahmer, Victor does not bond with anyone while he is working in his lab, causing him to go
If a person isolates himself from the rest of the world, the person will become insane, and his mental health will be demolished. This situation is evidently seen in the novel. Victor begins his life in a stable home, and he is surrounded by a supporting family (Shelly 16). Then, Victor leaves for college and starts studying alone in his laboratory. Victor says, “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit” (Shelly 33). Later, Victor begins to hallucinate, and he dreams of kissing Elizabeth, but her body turns into his mother’s corpse (Shelly 35). In his childhood, Victor is surrounded by many companions; however, as he leaves for college, he loses all of them, and he dissociates himself from the rest of the world. This causes him to turn insane and lose his mind. The thoughts that go in his head question his mental health and his well-being. According to “Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Risk Factors in Serial Killers and Mass Murderer” by Clare Allely, one of the common characteristic that most serial killers share is that they were antisocial in their early life. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer was “unattached during childhood and failed to bond with anyone” (Allely et al. 6). In addition, James Floyd Davis was “a loner as a child” (Allely et al. 6). Dahmer and Davis had no caring companions in their childhood, and they were detached from the world. When they grew up, they had an unstable mental health, which caused them to become serial killers. Like Davis and Dahmer, Victor does not bond with anyone while he is working in his lab, causing him to go