Putting Technology In Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

According to some people, technology is not an addiction, but according to a report by BBC News, there are over 7 billion mobile device subscriptions and 3.2 billion people use the internet on a regular basis. Are the recent technological advances creating a positive or negative outlook on our society and are we ready for what is to come in the upcoming centuries? Questions still need to be answered. In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein, Shelley argues that putting technology over human values may cause a significant downfall to humanity in the modern world. In other words, Shelley warns the public in her famous work Frankenstein that there are a handful of reasons for life and that science can facilitate our intellectual ability to

From Thomas Edison's invention of motion picture in 1892 to the invention of a wireless phone in 1973 that can enable telecommunication throughout the world, it is arguable to say that we are in a technological boom. In a study made by Essig Todd, he argues in The Addiction Concept and Technology that we undergo difficulties from real life and life on a screen.“Pathological overuse is seen as a failed solution in which people become entrapped by technology's promise of delivering that which only life can offer” (Essig). Todd Essig’s study compares to Mary Shelley's reasoning that science and technology will once become monstrous if it is further used because his study shows that we have evolved into a society who depend on technology to deliver feelings and emotions that can only be felt in real life. In addition, in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it comes to my attention that Victor might illustrate a god like stature because after the creation of the monster, the creation reads Paradise Lost and states that he feels that he has the same perception as Adam. “Like Adam, I was apparently united

After his experiment with science and technology, Victor seems to have gained god like power because he is the reason behind the creations abilities and actions. Without his alchemy knowledge, it is impossible for him to feel this way towards his creation. Today, as a society on the rise, human distinguish themselves as god like towards their phones, tablets and laptops because without their power of touching the home button to illuminate light to the screen or the touch of the keyboard to send a message it would not happen. Furthermore, this shows that we suffer an addiction to technology because we fall to the impression that we can make our devices do whatever we ask it to do. Not only are we hooked to our devices, we also show an imbalance in communication skills which Shelley proves to us as Victor is unable to perceive the aspects of a mutual relationship because his relations are based off his own selfishness. Not to mention, as a society that enjoys living in a materialistic world, we find ourselves purchasing stronger, faster and lighter devices