At the start of the novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley in the early nineteenth-century, the topic of scientific research and its lasting effect is explored fully with the reader needing to make a decision in regard to the boundaries of scientific research in the modern world. The question whether or not to show empathy toward the creation and even Victor Frankenstein himself must be explored. The boundaries of how far science can be taken is a debatable topic now and as far back as the ancient Egyptians. Without discoveries in the field of science, mankind would remain stagnant. To progress scientific research, Victor brings life to dead matter, which is noble, but the creation that is made now needs nurturing and seeks a sense of belonging in a world that renounces him. …show more content…
He is ridiculed and kicked out of society by every human being that he meets. One such example is when the old man living in a shepherds hut “shrieked loudly, and, quitting the hut, ran across the fields” (93). This is his first encounter with a human being and he has already been rejected because he is not like them. His next confrontation is when he steps into one of the cottages in a village, which caused the village to be aroused to the point that “some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped … and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel” (94). He did nothing provoking to cause this kind of brutality. All he wished for was a safe place to call his own that would administer him food, warmth, and shelter, things that have been denied him his whole