Cy Young Award

Frankenstein’s Search for Knowledge Victor Frankenstein had a very promising life to look forward to. He was attending university and studying the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and philosophy. Frankenstein then had an intriguing idea of bringing things that were previously dead, back to life. In pursuit of this goal, he loses family members, including his wife, at the hands of the monster. Due to his relentless search for knowledge make a name for himself, he eventually dies because…

Duncan Ball Bio Duncan Ball was born in 1941 in Boston. He moved to Australia in 1974 and began working as a chemist. He published his first novel in 1984 and year later published his first Selby book (most popular work). Key Works Duncan Ball’s key works would be the Selby Series. The first being published in 1985. Today there are 16 Selby books published. In total there are 16 Selby books, starting from Selby’s Secret to Selby’s Santa. Within each book there are several mini stories that…

The year was 1999 and the Backstreet Boys had just released their song “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” off of their album entitled Millennium. In that song the group explored what it truly meant to be lonely in a heart-felt song that yanked on the heart-strings of everyone in America and even made many Americans feel as if they were lonely. Although Mary Shelley wasn’t in a boy band nor did she create a catchy song, she did however create a novel that explored the life of a mad scientist…

In volume 2 of Frankenstein, the Creature's loneliness from people rejecting him unleashes the “monster” in him and leads to the Creature destroying property and hurting people around him. Through the portrayal of the “monster” inside the creature, Shelley argues that people need human relationships in order to be pleased with their lives. According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the desire for love and belonging is the third most important. In Abraham's hierarchy of needs, everyone…

For my essay I have decided to use prompt number two. I plan to talk about some of the scientific experiments that were going on during Mary Shelley’s lifetime, and some that are happening today. I plan to compare the scientific advancements back then to the advancements of today. I plan to talk about what the masses thought about these advancements and experiments, if they even knew about them at all. I am going to explain why I think that science and medicine were more terrifying then than it…

Many people form a relationship with the people that raised them because they are the ones who teach them their values. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the unhealthy relationship between Victor and his creation highlights the importance of a healthy parent-child relationship. Despite all of the time and effort put into making the creature, Victor seems to have a deeply-rooted aversion to his monster from the moment he brings it to life. Instead of taking the time to get to know the…

In john Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the reader is introduced to many characters, all having their own limitations. Two of those characters, Lennie Small and George…, are both introduced to the readers right away. In this impactful novella, one can learn about how cruel life really is, and how broken the american dream can be. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck crafts his character Lennie in order to demonstrate the dehumanization of the mentally challenged and how the creation of false…

From blockbuster Hollywood movies to parodies on the internet, the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is commonly portrayed as a “monster”, but is this accusation really true? The creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein may have more in common with the “monster” than previously thought. Through careful evaluation, we can see the many similarities and differences between the two main characters in the story. In Frankenstein, the similarities between the creature and its creator,…

Science is terminology used to express the act studying in such a wide field of advancements that affect our everyday live; we call people who research these studies, ¨scientists.¨ I was fortunate enough to speak with scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who posed the idea of becoming God himself and creating life. On a stormy night, he took it upon himself, and for the advancement of science, to attempt to create a better humanity; with a combination of body parts, he constructed a new, whole…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the introductory letters Walton writes to his sister, Margaret, provide an indirect characterization of Robert Walton through a discussion of his desires and actions. While countless interpretations of the meaning of these letters exist, the letters’ primary purpose is to convey Walton’s feelings of inadequacy and isolation. Shelley includes these letters to encourage readers to challenge characters’ motivations by showing Walton disguising his ulterior motives as…