Raising Victor Vargas

conflicts, and is present in everybody, whether they embrace or reject it. In Frankenstein, both Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation show that they want to be stronger, though in different ways. Frankenstein is entranced by the thought of creating life through alchemy, and his creation would like to have some power over his own life, as he was born and abandoned within the same hour. As Victor Frankenstein reached his teenage years, he was fascinated by the natural…

sought to plot revenge as part of his search for justice. In the beginning, Victor Frankenstein created the monster then abandoned him for his physical demeanor. Doing so, Victor unknowingly set forth a wave of destruction. Additionally, the monster states that he learned to be evil by all the rejection correspondingly with the hatred he received. In other words, the measures the monster took to inflict pain on Victor is justified in the eyes of the monster. By killing off every member that was…

eventually died of old age. This tale, from which the term “narcissism” originates from, dates all the way back to 50 BC. Frankenstein is another perfect representation of how harmful selfishness can be. Written in 1818, Mary Shelley tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist about to create a being while completely disregarding the…

lines and then dug up dirt. I read at the root of the story and in doing so I was moved to tears. Frankenstein is about character building. Victor Frankenstein starts out as a student with a hunger and thirst for knowledge. Somewhere along the line he loses his way and becomes obsessed with his quest for discovery. I wondered at times if I was anything like Victor. I have to admit, sometimes I skip meals, go without sleep, and even ignore the warning signs of a cold just to ensure I’ll be…

During the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution, a brilliant, obsessive and tortured man was born. His early years were full of wonder and visionary ideas. Later, his obsession with these ideas would greatly frustrate him. Eventually, some believed his pursuits consumed him, drove him into isolation, and ultimately to madness. Nikola Tesla, who was a visionary thinker with an aptitude for mathematics, came into this world on July 10th, 1856 at the stroke of midnight, during a…

book that once Victor has spent so much time alone on his creation he has become very ill. Stating himself, “But my enthusiasm was checked by my anxiety, and I appeared rather like one doomed by slavery to toil in the mines, or any other unwholesome trade than an artist occupied by his favorite employment. Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime…

Sympathizing with the creature first occurs in the scene where he extends his arms toward the light, as if he could grasp it. The creature constantly seeks out innocence as viewed when he pursues Elizabeth. She is viewed as an innocent in her white gown with flowing train, and endless patience for her fiance. Although it is considered a plot hole that the creature would know which room to find her in, it could be viewed that the creature is inherently drawn toward purity. This point is…

Michel Bay’s film, The Island, is unique in the sense that movies aren’t similar in any genre. The characters Lincoln six echo and Jordan two delta are considered average citizens living in a very controlled environment. They are told what to eat, what to drink, when to wake up, and what to do for a living. The hardest thing to believe is that they are not allowed to ask questions. The Island, directed by Michael Bay tells a story about two characters that dare to question the world around…

A villain is the bad guy in a story. They may be called an Antagonist. In Percy Jackson the villains or bad guys are disguised in the mist as normal people or things. Unless you are able to see through the mist you would not know they were there. It is important for a story to have a villain because without a villain there can’t be a hero. In stories such as Batman, Superman, and Percy Jackson without villains to defeat their lives would be boring. They wouldn’t go on big expeditions to…

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a Young Adult novel inspired by a Siobhan Dowd and illustrated by Jim Kay. In this book, a boy named Conor calls a monster to help him comprehend and deal with his feelings regarding his mother’s cancer and impending death. The monster, a creation of Conor’s imagination, helps him realize the differences between appearance and reality through the literary elements of the frame narrative, setting, and illustrations. The monster tells Conor stories; this…