The Importance Of Knowledg Knowledge

Picture a world without learning. Though many students complain constantly about schoolwork, if no one could receive a formal education, the world would not only be bland, but it would not be able to function. If no one were to learn, everyone would be trapped in their own mindset with no knowledge of what is going on around them. This dramatically changes how our society of communication functions. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 to not only help people understand how dangerous progressive science could be, but also to highlight the whole of learning, both the good and bad parts. Searching for knowledge is extremely beneficial; since there is always a good side and an evil side to knowledge, a whole new world is opened when knowledge is found.

For example, when the creature first runs away from Frankenstein, he knows nothing, and therefore has to learn everything. The creature has no idea how to live in society until the De Lacey family teaches him how to live. Then, when they cast him out of their house, he realizes the horrors of humanity and forms a terrible opinion of people (Shelley 111-145). Another example is when Frankenstein hears the horrors his creature has been through, and he develops pity for him and tries to help him for a while instead of stop him. Frankenstein says after listening to the story: “I was moved. I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent; but I felt that there was some justice in his argument. His tale, and the feelings he now expressed, proved him to be a creature of fine sensations; and did I not, as his maker, oh him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?” (Shelley 156). Knowledge helps broaden a person’s view as to what they understand about a situation and helps create or change