Examples Of Nature Vs Nurture Frankenstein

Nature vs Nurture
Society can create and destroy a person. Charles R. Swindoll states that, "Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it." This quote perfectly depicts what the creature in Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein goes through because society abandoned him because of his appearance. Victor Frankenstein the creator of the creature is so terrified of the creature he made that he abandons the creature in hopes that it will never find him again. Once the creature had been abandoned it goes searching for help and society rejects him repeatedly until the creature goes on a murderous, impulsive, rampage. The argument of nature vs nurture has been debated for a long time and in this book, Mary Shelley perfectly

When the creature was first made by Victor Frankenstein he woke up and he smiled at Victor. He was made a blank slate not knowing what was to come. Victor immediately regretted creating this creature that he made for the purpose of him worshipping Victor and abandoned him from the start. The creature's prejudice moments were made by Victor, "...he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks." Absolutely terrified at what he created, "[Victor] escaped and rushed downstairs" (Shelley 59). The creature during his first waking moments was abandoned not only from the beginning, but by his creator. The creature was an innocent child that did not know what it was like in the world and what could happen to him. The creature was ignorant and unaware of the feelings of hatred, malevolent, or wickedness. Sympathizing with the creature is the right answer because of the way he was brought up. He was abandoned and rejected by society from the start, he was so lonely it drove him to insanity. The creature should be sympathized because he was the product of being nurtured wrongly which made him a

When he runs away, he simply helps a girl and suffers consequences that he should not have endured. A young girl was running away from a man and while running she tried to hop over a river and fell. She got knocked unconscious and was starting to drown. Knowing what people would do to him in the light, the creature goes and saves her. After he saved her, he once again got hurt even after trying to do something good. The creature, “followed speedily, [he] hardly knew why…” He saw the man, “aim[ed] a gun, which he carried, at my body and fired” (Shelly 151). The creature did an act that even some humans would not do and saved someone. He saved someone just to get hurt repeatedly. Knowing what could happen, the creature still saved the girl. The creature should be sympathized with because of his journey of being discriminated constantly even when the creature had saved someone. The creature was still judged and turned into a ‘monster’ because of the nurture society gave him. The creature should be sympathized he is a product of nurture and turned evil because of the prejudice he had to face, he in fact, had done nothing wrong at the