According to Steven Johnson, “what you end up seeing when you look at history is that people have been good at pushing the boundaries of possibility.” Unfortunately, some individuals push the boundaries too far, such as Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein when he created a monster. A more modern example of pushing boundaries is child vaccinations. These vaccinations were created to prevent terrible diseases and have saved many lives. Nevertheless, the very thing that was made to prevent sickness and death has actually caused it. Just like Victor in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, scientists today try and tame the things of nature as with vaccinations; however, there are pros and cons to both of these experiments. Vaccinations