Writing Resources
In modern era many continue to push forth the ideal that everyone deserves basic human rights regardless of their physical appearance or their origins The creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1818 had unordinary origins which influenced his character and relationships he developed with others In his case the creature's physical deformities caused him to initially be rejected by his creator Victor Frankenstein and other people he encountered who would only see a surface unpleasant to the eye As the story unfolds Shelley develops the timeless message that everyone deserves to satisfy the yearning necessity for companionship and happiness despite one s beginnings in the world lest they risk losing their humanity Frankenstein the creature demonstrates on several occasions his ability to feel in the same way as humans and other living beings can feel Frankenstein is brought to solitude after his creator Doctor Frankenstein abandons him for the aesthetically unpleasant outcome of his work Shelley 35 36 Unlike a parent to a child the doctor abandons Frankenstein an equivalent of his child which foretells Frankenstein s connections towards all human life New to the world and alone to discover it for what it is with only intuition and humane desires to navigate him Frankenstein encounters a cottage family in the woods As time progresses Frankenstein observes the family s struggles derived from their poverty for example at times the young cottagers would deprive themselves of meals and endure the pain of hunger in order to ensure that their old father would not go hungry Shelley 78 Frankenstein recalls
