Frankenstein Persuasive Essay

395 Words2 Pages

Steve Jobs once said, "Your time is limited, so don 't waste it living someone else 's life." He was telling people to to make life their own, and to make their own choices, because that is what makes people unique and determines what happens to them during their lifetime.
In the graphic novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein devotes years of his life to create life from the once dead.But Frankenstein recoils at the sight of his finished creation, deciding at once that he wants nothing to do with the "wretched beast". The Monster, now alone, has no one to guide him or show him right from wrong. He goes on a rampage, murdering three of the people Frankenstein was close to. The Monster loathes Frankenstein, declaring him his enemy for abandoning him. He didn 't choose life, he was put here by a science experiment gone 'wrong '. In a sense, it wasn 't the …show more content…

Some people might actually choose to die to save someone they love, rather than live and have to watch them die. But they don 't seem to take into consideration how lost and lonely the person they left might feel when they figured out someone they loved dies for them. In some cases, they may even begin to wish it was themselves who had died instead. That is how a character from the TV series "Supernatural" felt when his brother and best friend sold his own soul to save him. When he died, he didn 't think ahead to how his little brother was going to deal with his death, but it was his choice. He chose to die in his little brothers place, wanting just one more year with him before he thought they would be separated forever. A similar situation is present in the popular book and movie series "Divergent", when the protagonist is forced to shoot her fiend who is trying to kill her. Throughout the rest of the series, she suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and is emotionally unable to hold or shoot a gun. In the end, she decides to sacrifice herself to save her city and everyone