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Ignorance is sparked by the absence of knowledge and the fear of change. Facts dismissed out of ignorance still remain true and will continue to affect one out of lacking awareness. If left untreated, ignorance can gain the potential to become the catalyst of self-annihilation. The ignorance displayed by characters in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has led to personal struggles that can be remedied through an open mind. Hosseini reveals that Amir’s ignorance is sparked by youthhood, as he doesn’t acknowledge the seriousness of the situations he is put in. Amir grew up in a well-respected household with access to privileges denied by most others his age. Amir and Hassan, his house servant, were almost inseparable, …show more content…

Once Victor is acquainted with modern science and contributes it to his current studies, he discovers that creating life through electricity is possible on a large scale. His immediate idea is to ”attempt the creation of a being like myself” without having any previous experimentation or analysis to base his assessment upon (Shelley 53). Although he pondered the thought of creating a simpler project, his ignorance led him away as he “pursued nature to her hiding-places” (Shelley 53). Not understanding what he had created, Victor cast the creature away, ignoring the creature’s need for proper nurturing and affection. His drive for harnessing life also made him grow ignorant of his personal needs. The two-year process of Victor’s project left him malnourished and sleep deprived, sending him into a state of illness. Isolated from his friends and family during his experimentation, his mental state faced consequences as well, experiencing nightmares. Shelley portrays how Victor’s problems were slowly remedied by the support of Henry Clerval and the distraction nature gives from the modern …show more content…

Upon approaching Victor, desperate for a female, the creature is shut down by Victor. Shelley elaborates on his fear for the future of mankind by provoking ignorance in Victor’s response. The creature explains to Victor that even though he abandoned his duties to nurture him, Victor still holds a moral responsibility to provide the creature with essential needs including happiness. Victor contemplates whether his loyalty swings more towards the safety of mankind or the happiness of his creation, as for him to “create another like yourself, whose joints wickedness might desolate the world”, imposes a huge fear for complying to the creature’s ask (Shelley 156). The creature promises that no harm will come to humanity as they will isolate themselves, but Victor is still hesitant for he does not know what the readers know. Victor blinded by ignorance can not see that the creature had learned emotional awareness and desires a mate the same way a human desires

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After the creature is finished explaining its story to Victor, there is a turning point in the novel. Victor realizes that he needs to take on some responsibility for his creation: “did I not as his maker, owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?”(Shelley 148). Victor also thinks, “…the justice due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that I should comply with his request. ”(Shelley 150). Victor is finally understanding that he needs to take on some responsibility for this creature.

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Victor's relentless pursuit of knowledge and his aspiration to conquer the secrets of life propels him into a destructive spiral. As his ambitions consume him, his mental state progressively deteriorates, leading to profound consequences. "In a fit of enthusiastic madness, I created a rational creature and was bound towards him, to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being" (Shelley, 56). Victor's admission of his "enthusiastic madness" underscores the toll his ambitions have taken on his mental well-being. The weight of his creation becomes an unbearable burden that torments his psyche.

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In the preceding volumes Shelley delved into the individual faults of Victor and The Creature. However, the theme of actions having consequences within this volume is reinforced through the collaborative efforts of these two characters. Consumed by the goal of enacting what they viewed as rightful vengeance, Victor and his Creation pursue each other relentlessly; To where Victor chases after The Creature and it somehow manages to elude him every time. Victor figured that it was his responsibility to end the creature’s life to atone for his wretched actions while The Creature saw his constant torment of Victor as revenge for how Victor abandoned him early on in his development. Shelley uses this intense rivalry to drive home her central theme, being how unchecked tendencies such as overambition, jealousy, and vengeance ultimately end up dictating one’s life instead of the other way around thus leaving one powerless.

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Victor would stop at nothing to finish his project and became so obsessed that he was isolated from his family and friends. His way of collecting lifeless matter for his creation is unethical and morally wrong. Eventually, he is punished for his actions: “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.” (pg.56) Additionally, extreme devotion to the building of his creation caused Victor mental distress due to the fact that he neglected his own needs in order to work exclusively on the creature: “I had deprived myself of rest and health.”

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Victor manifests hatred onto the embryonic creation, assuming the creature is programmed with evil nature. Instead, the creature, who desires affection, consumes his aversion and mirrors it. As Victor’s resentment becomes clear for the creation, he too forms animosity, forcing Victor to promise him happiness in the form of a female counterpart. Victor undertakes the promise, but reneges on it. He “destroy[s] the creature on whose future existence [the creation] depend[s] for happiness” and watches the creation, “with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdr[a]w.”

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The creature observes the feelings shown by humans while he is in the village and desires to acquire these same feelings. Victor filled with fear, pities the creature, so he followed the order and created a companion for the creature. Victor struggles to secure his power over his emotions. Half way through the making of the female monster, Victor feels guilt and rage from allowing the monster to have control over him and his emotions, which caused him to react in a violent manner to regain his power. He destroyed the new creature.

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The Creature is faced with two choices: ask his creator for another female version of himself or seek revenge. He first meets with his creator and claims, "One as deformed and horrible as myself, could not deny herself to me" implying that he needs another being with the "same defects" in order to feel accepted and find comfort. The Creature comes to the conclusion that remaining within a "species" with similar traits is the only way for him to feel fulfilled and have a sense of belonging. (136). Following Victor's rejection to bring another unnatural monster into this world, The Creature is filled with rage and the conviction that if he is condemned to be alone, then so should his creator.

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In the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, we follow Victor as he is motivated to create the creature in hopes of being remembered for being the first to create another being. This backfires as Victor abandons his creature and they become separated. Throughout the novel the natural world plays a role in shaping the characters in certain ways that can either assist them or tear them down. Shelley switches between the perspectives of Victor and the Creature to portray the effects of the natural world around them as having a powerful influence on shaping their inner selves.

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Pressure to lay down what he is pursuing from his professors and peers led him to this point of isolationism. The creature experiences a similar form of loneliness. In an altercation with Victor, the creature states, "I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me” (Shelley 123). The creature goes on to request that Victor create him a mate because society makes it where he cannot find a woman to love due to his appearance. His desperation for said mate is profound and evidence of his loneliness that drives him to want to cause harm against society.

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While creating a mate for the monster, Victor does not make the same mistake, and this time evaluates the outcomes, exclaiming, “As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me which led me to consider the effects of what I was

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In the English literature classic, Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein, a student of science who miraculously brings a conglomerate of deceased body parts back to life. Throughout the novel, Shelley provides narratives and observations from the perspectives of Victor, the creature, and Robert Walton, as well as intentionally including symbolic plot events that demonstrate the characters’ hesitation toward situations that they are unaccustomed to, in order to convey the stance that it is human nature to fear what is unfamiliar. The first example of Shelley’s portrayal of the dismay caused by an unfamiliar environment is when Victor voyages to Ingolstadt for his studies. Preceding his departure from Geneva,

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With hopes of no longer feeling isolated and forsaken, the creature begs Victor to create him a female version of himself, however, Victor declines his request. Upon learning that the creature is responsible for William’s, his brother, death, Victor refuses to bring upon another monster into this world. The creature then threatens to be with Victor on his wedding night if he doesn’t make a female companion for him, illustrating how obsessive the monster has become in his journey for revenge. “it is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding night” (..).

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People today are so concerned with how they can better their life by speeding up the natural process of things. Victor also wishes to see modifications in lifestyle, by creating life himself. He becomes obsessed with the idea of being a human creator of life that it leads to corruption. One of shelley’s arguments goes along with how modifying the natural process of some things can lead to monstrous actions. The life that Victor created was not able to fit into society correctly, but was also too powerful to be destroyed.

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Victor’s mostly solitary life allowed him to avoid society and become completely entrained in his work that he hoped would make a serious change in the world. Shelley wrote, “More, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation." Victor devoted himself into inventing something revolutionary by shutting out all of those around him and society, which correlates with Romantic beliefs. But Victor wasn’t the only one who showed individualism throughout the novel, the creature also depicted a solitary lifestyle. The creature

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”(Millhauser). This violent rejection is a repetition of Victor’s lack of acceptance for the monster and attention to his family. Victor knows that the monster will never be able to live within society and that his ability to create life is the only hope the monster has of achieving companionship. Victor's own aversion to companionship surfaces as he, “ fails to give him the human companionship, the Eve, the female creature, that he needs to achieve some sort of a normal life.” (Mellor).

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