Personal Synthesis & Feminist Analysis

My notes that I took as I read the book are mostly about what was going on in the story, some of my own thoughts on what was going on, some words that I looked up because I was not sure what they meant, and some questions that I asked myself as I read. I think even my notes would be against feminism, or they would show how Victor appears in the story to be more female than masculine. Victor appears to hold all the power in the story. Some of the twitter questions focused on the few females in the story, but I think most of them were focused on Victor or his creature. In class, we talked about what Victor did wrong in the story. We talked about how the book came about which is some of the power that females get from this book.

Reader Response

I found that there were more people who liked the book Frankenstein than those who did not like the book. One person disliked the book, but she was impressed with Mary Shelly. She leads me to think that she doesn’t like the book by saying this phrase, “Watching paint dry fun.” She basically compares reading the book to watching pain dry that’s how much fun it was for her. Two other people said that they enjoyed the book. One person highly recommends the book. They repeatedly say that they love the book. Another person talks about what their copy of the book all has in it and they say that they are impressed with the book and that particular edition. I think they are write to be impressed with the book and the author. I am impressed but I know of an author who wrote a book and got it published at the age of thirteen. I think the book does have some dull and not as interesting moments, but there are probably a lot of books that are this way.

Critical Context on Frankenstein

The article that I read is the one entitled “Frankenstein and the Tradition of Realism” I looked up the word realism and I found that it is the disposition of face facts and to deal with them practically. It is also true and faithful portrayal of nature and of people in art and literature. The article talks about how some of the characters match the description of realism such as Henry and Walton being parts of Victor. The article also talks about Henry and Walton’s ambitions.

I agree that Walton is ambitious for glory, and I agree that there is evil in Frankenstein. Walton wanted to go to the North Pole and do something that has not been done at first, but he changes his mind and returns home to his sister. If I understand correctly what is being said on page 315 about family, I agree with that. I think he is basically saying that family is a portion of you and that you cannot survive without family. I think you can survive without your family up to a point. I agree that Frankenstein and Clerval become consumed by great ambitions, but I don’t think Frankenstein was physically destroyed or killed by the creature. I think he was physically done in by illness and maybe a broken heart.

Film Comparison

I watched a movie called Frankenstein with a possible copyright date of 1931. One similarity that I found in the book and the film that I watched is that the creature is created by a member of the Frankenstein family. Another similarity that I found is that the body parts were still gathered by a member of the Frankenstein family. I say a member of the Frankenstein family because in the movie that I watched Victor and Henry’s roles were switched. What do I mean by this, it is simple Victor was in the movie the friend of the family’s, and Henry was the member of the Frankenstein family. Henry is the one who is engaged to and gets married to Elizabeth not Victor like in the book. In the book Victor is the one who creates the creature, is engaged to Elizabeth, and marries Elizabeth.