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Frankenstein Text Response Essay

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Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in because of how you look? Well one very special man also felt this way his whole life. He was made in a lab by man named Victor Frankenstein, the man ran from Victor but when people saw him they ran. The man didn’t know why people would run, until he himself saw what he truly looked like, he was a monster. The man was upset and took his anger out onto Victor’s family. The man then went back Victor and requested that he make someone like him but as female him. Victor agreed but at the last moments he destroyed her. Victor made the right decision because the female could have been just as angry as the man and she could have hurt more people. The female could have also rejected the man, just because they …show more content…

She could have a very more dramatic responses to her monster appearance. This could cause her to lash out more drastically than the man. Victor knew that this was a chance that he couldn’t take. He decide to destroy her, however this isn’t the only reason Victor had to destroy the female. The man wanted love, love was the main reason for the female to be made. His idea was that she looked like him so she would love him. However there was a chance that she could reject him and that would have thrown him overboard. If she did fall in love with him there was no guaranteed that he would fall in love with her. This could cause the female to go nuts and destroy everything in her path. This is why Victor destroy her before something could her to destroy everything. Lastly, the man and female could have teamed up together can cause damage everywhere. This could one of the most serious reasons to destroy the female. If the mane broke his promise to leave and live a peaceful life, the female could persuade him to go back to his harmful ways. If this did happen it would be totally chaos. Victor just couldn’t let this happen, he wouldn’t been able to live himself if they did team up together to hurt innocent lives. Victor destroy the female to protect

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