Victor Frankenstein: The Way One Achieves A Goal

The Way One Achieves a Goal Innovations are made every day because people are never satisfied with their current lives and they strive for improvements. How a person goes about achieving that goal determines the outcome. If a person is sagacious and pragmatic, they will be successful. (neverminIf a person is impractical and does everything without thinking, the outcome could be detrimental. Mary Shelley’s main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, in Frankenstein, David Gow from Geoff Brumfiel’s article “Replaceable You”, and Dr. Rosen from his interview, “Dr. Daedalus” for Harper’s Magazine all think they could create something that betters the world. All three appreciate the beauty of things that are normally repudiated by society’s standards. They all want to transmit the beauty that they see to everyone else. They believe that their innovations will make people realize that every “flaw” is beautiful. Their goals and the way they try to achieve those goals, however, was not always practical. Frankenstein, Gow, and Dr. Rosen all had goals in mind on how to improve the acceptance of people and their flaws in society; however, their mores and tactics weren’t always practical. Victor Frankenstein, the …show more content…
Often times, however, things don’t always turn out like you expect them to. When planning to create something, you should always ponder if it’s practical enough, the side effects, and the time it would take to maintain it. Frankenstein was met with the harsh reality of negative outcomes because he blindly followed his goal without any knowledge or testing. Gow and Dr. Rosen could go down the same path as Frankenstein if they continue with their impractical goals. Without taking the time to think about the possible repercussions, like Frankenstein, Gow, and Dr. Rosen did not do, the results of your impractical ways of trying to achieve your impractical goal could prove to turn out