Role of Parents

Victor creates a monster based on his interest in human life and death. Based on how frightening the monster appears, Victor abandons his creation soon after it comes to life. Somehow, he feels no attachment to a thing he has created after many years of research and testing. No one should abandon their child due to their looks or personality. Looks and personality should not be a factor of how much someone loves their child. Love is based on being selfless, meaning others are but above oneself. Victor does not show this quality, and it hurts him deeply. That is not morally correct to abandon a child anywhere just because of their looks. Not one chance to be normal is given to the nameless monster. The monster has to take matters into its own hands and run away. As a creator and inventor, Victor owes his creation the effort to make him as human as possible. For example, teaching the monster how to talk, or even something as simple as teaching it how to interact with other humans would greatly benefit both parties. Instead, Victor runs away and pretends the monster doesn't exist. He physically runs from his responsibility. He leaves it to the monster to make decisions about where to go or what to do. It is Victor's job to raise, or "mother", the monster because otherwise he will not know what to do when let out into society. Victor puts society in danger by failing to teach and nurture the monster well. Children, and new creations alike, learn by observing others and mimicking what they do. The monster just does what his impulses tell him to do, due to his lack of a role model. As a result, Victor's brother gets killed and his innocent friend is blamed for it and killed as well. The lack of effort Victor Frankenstein portrays is detrimental to his fate, and this could have all been avoided easily. The role of parents is a major key in a young persons life.

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