“Frankenstein” Evidence
Sorry its late. I did not see the post for this blog until tonight.
Victor attempts to play god and creature artificial life. A feat that has been said to be impossible is actually done by Victor. His creature is abandoned and left to survive on its own and thrust upon the world with no knowledge. The creature manages to survive and learn about humans on its own. Then the creature wants to hurt Victor for hurting him. By abandoning the creature, the creature wants to take revenge and make Victor feel as isolated and alone as he did.
The creature just is looking for Victor to approve of him and not think that he is an abomination. The creature goes through various ways to reach out to Victor after he was abandoned. The end result however was the creature killing Victor’s family because no matter what the creature did Victor would never approve.
Victor was not the only person to think that the creature was an abomination and should be destroyed. Most of the human society that the creature should be destroyed. The only reason they believed so was because of the way the creature looked. The blind old man could not see the creature and therefore believed he was a good-hearted friend. The creature acted just like a human but because he did not look exactly like one he was not accepted which made him want to hurt Victor even more.
Everything that the monster learned made him hate Victor even more because of the way he was treated especially after he felt companionship with the old man. Its almost like the monster hates Victor for creating him in the first place knowing that he wasn’t going to be accepted by society. This is why Victor could not tell anyone about the creature (before the creature killed Justine). His practices about creating the monster were looked down upon before he even started. Victor’s father didn’t even approve of higher learning in general. The rest of the science community was under the false knowledge that creating life was impossible so it wasn’t even attempted.
Monday, February 22, 2010
ENG 3 Feb 23 HW
In both books Humans play god and make successful attempts to create artificial intelligence. The creations learn about human society and try to imitate them. In “Frankenstein” the creature observes human which is how he learns to speak and feel more emotions. However the creature is shunned from human society because of his grotesque appearance. After always being hurt by humans he begins to feel anger and hatred killing humans in attempt to hurt his creator. In “R.U.R” the humans create robots to do their work. At first no emotions or free will seems apparent but the robots seem to develop emotions and free will down the line. Both creations just want to be equals in society. Humans still deny both creations free will and acceptance in society so the creations believe that they should be above humans because they are faster, smarter and stronger in everyway. This leads to the creations trying to take over by force, killing humans.
The outcomes of both creations in “Frankenstein” and “R.U.R” would have been completely different if the creators had just accepted them as equals. In “Frankenstein” Victor abandons the creature leaving it to survive on its own, causing the creature to resent Victor. In “R.U.R.” the robots are treated as slaves rather than equals to humans, which again causes resentment towards humans. Both creatures just want accepted by their creators as equals and not to be resented themselves.
The creators always try to create a human substitute but when they succeed they do not react with love and amazement. Instead they think of the creations as less than human even though they are human substitutes. Humans try and imitate themselves but every time they come close they are filled with resentment and never treat the creations as equals.
The outcomes of both creations in “Frankenstein” and “R.U.R” would have been completely different if the creators had just accepted them as equals. In “Frankenstein” Victor abandons the creature leaving it to survive on its own, causing the creature to resent Victor. In “R.U.R.” the robots are treated as slaves rather than equals to humans, which again causes resentment towards humans. Both creatures just want accepted by their creators as equals and not to be resented themselves.
The creators always try to create a human substitute but when they succeed they do not react with love and amazement. Instead they think of the creations as less than human even though they are human substitutes. Humans try and imitate themselves but every time they come close they are filled with resentment and never treat the creations as equals.
Monday, February 1, 2010
ENL 3 + Owl Creek Bridge
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierces alternates between different points of view to give the reader details from the main point of views. The story begins with the 3rd person point of view depicting the overall setting and putting all of the characters in there designated places. By portraying this point of view the reader is given a background for what is to come in the story. This way the reader can use this setting as a building block for the rest of the story which allows the reader to become more enticed in the story. However this mode of presentation is very limited in the sense of how vague it is to the individual characters in this short story.
Towards the end of part one the view transits to Peyton Farquhar the man who is about to be hanged. This slowly builds a relationship to Farquhar by giving sympathy to man who is soon to be executed. The view stays remotely the same in part II and gives background to Farquhar in an attempt to reveal how he has plotted to burn down the bridge so his execution is justified. At the same time the glimpse of the past leaves the reader wondering how he was caught. The background that this builds is with the main character rather than a literal background, again relating more to the main character but still enough to leave the reader with questions. By leaving a bit of mystery the reader is allowed to offer there own opinion and changes what each reader obtains from the story.
The biggest shift is in part III where the reader almost becomes Farquhar following his every move and thought. This transition drastically improves the relationship between the reader and Farquhar by giving the reader empathy towards Farquhar. The reader wants to cheer on Farquhar's escape so he can go home to his family. Scared for him while he is being shot at and hoping he does not get shot. The reader then gets attached to Farquhar so when the dream comes to an end the reader finds out he was hanged they are actually upset. By giving the reader a false hope assuming he got away and then stripping them of that hope to find out he actually died. After getting the reader emotionally attached and then using those emotions to intensify the devastating the effect of his death upon the reader.
Towards the end of part one the view transits to Peyton Farquhar the man who is about to be hanged. This slowly builds a relationship to Farquhar by giving sympathy to man who is soon to be executed. The view stays remotely the same in part II and gives background to Farquhar in an attempt to reveal how he has plotted to burn down the bridge so his execution is justified. At the same time the glimpse of the past leaves the reader wondering how he was caught. The background that this builds is with the main character rather than a literal background, again relating more to the main character but still enough to leave the reader with questions. By leaving a bit of mystery the reader is allowed to offer there own opinion and changes what each reader obtains from the story.
The biggest shift is in part III where the reader almost becomes Farquhar following his every move and thought. This transition drastically improves the relationship between the reader and Farquhar by giving the reader empathy towards Farquhar. The reader wants to cheer on Farquhar's escape so he can go home to his family. Scared for him while he is being shot at and hoping he does not get shot. The reader then gets attached to Farquhar so when the dream comes to an end the reader finds out he was hanged they are actually upset. By giving the reader a false hope assuming he got away and then stripping them of that hope to find out he actually died. After getting the reader emotionally attached and then using those emotions to intensify the devastating the effect of his death upon the reader.
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