Essay Comparing Frankenstein And Rocky Balboa

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George is able to see what everyones life would have been like if he was never there. The town is in complete shambles; Mr. Potter took over the whole town, Mr. Gower went to jail, and Harry died in the frozen lake. George realizes his worth and when he goes back to his life he is met with money from the community, which had recovered the lost money. His guardian angel leaves him a book with a note that reads, “Remember no man is a failure who has friends” (Wonderful). The community all supported George when he needed to see his worth. The community was what helped him get through the idea that he was worthless. Just as George Bailey needed the support from others to help him find his worth, Rocky needed just the same. Rocky Balboa, …show more content…

Just as Elphaba was seen as an evil monster, Frankenstein’s monster, from here on referred to as the monster, was viewed the same. Victor Frankenstein decided to attempt to play god and create life. One night Victor “With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, [he] collected the instruments of life around [him], that [he] might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet” (Shelly 43). At the moment of his creation, the monster was seen as evil and vile. Victor leaves the room in a hurry, to escape to his room, where the monster follows and attempts to talk to Victor. Again he leaves the monster in a rush, but this time he flees into the streets and begins to think about how horrid the monster looked. The monster, even though having just been created, is very intelligent and knew that Victor had abandoned him. The monster confronts Victor and tells him “All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!” (86). The monster tells Victor of the misery that the Fradette !8 monster has endured, because of the way he looks. The monster recounts all of the horrid