Mary Shelley's monster lives today

Times are changing as is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Victor's creation still relates to changing societies. People have seen the fear they feel in their lives, in Frankenstein. "Fright flims represent our fears, and those fears change to match our times" (Whitty 13). If you look and compare what people fear now as opposed to the WWII era you can tell society's priorities have changed drastically. Then, they were fearful about war and the Depression but now, even though we might still have a fear of war, we are more prepared and don't always have to worry about those problems.
'"Mary Shelley was not writing about the evils of science and progress,"..."But suffering and loss and pain, the feeling of being ostracized..."' (Schildt 13). Everyone has pain whether or not its a big deal. Small incidents can add up and cause anxiety; that is how anyone can relate to the creation. These feelings bring us to have sympathy for this creature, no matter if you have more sympathy for Victor or for the creature there are still some events that make society understand and feel for the creation.
Science is also a big part of our lives today. All the new technology has both positive and negetive points. As referred to in the article, technology can be our enemy. We are making great advances but in the long run they change us as a society . Sometimes we are forgetting about the true meaning of things because we are so caught up in all the new "creations". That is what Victor's creation was like, something new and interesting. Hollywood has gotten bored with Frankenstein and added twists and sequels to progress with the technology; which allows us to even see these films on tape. What the writer of the article is suggesting is that people always have the old ideas but they are not really thinking about the simple things that make this story, they are focusing on the new advances.

Frankie

WOW! Frankie has been a drama filled journey so far. This book has been written so well that some of the time i can't even understand it. It is such a good book but every time I dig deep into the meaning I always think about how unrealistic the plot of the story is. I don't think that anyone would be able to recreate a person with all different body parts. Mary Shelley must have been going crazy. She had to have a twisted mind to write about this "monster" creating scientist. But, that i think is what makes the book such a classic. Her life actually ties into the book by some of the same depressing events, such as, Victor's mother dying as well as his brother. Since Mary Shelley had a complicated life this must have let her let go of her feelings.

I have a feeling that the "creature" is going to come back and kill Elizabeth. She is Victor's most prized possesion. "I felt a wish for happiness and thought with melancholy delight of my beloved cousin or longed,... that had been so dear to me in early childhood"(173). In chapters 20 and 21, Victor's outlook is changing and he seems very enveloped in Elizabeth. But, who knows? This book has gone if many different ways then i expected. So what is going to be the next event that happens?