Frankenstein Blog #2

Do you think Frankenstein went too far in his quest for knowledge? Or, more interestingly, is it possible to learn too much? What should Frankenstein have done differently? In a larger context, how should we protect and safeguard the advancement & knowledge?

I believe that Victor's ambition to search for answers of questions that have not been explained. I have the feeling that there will be some questions that will never be answered. So, I think receiving an understanding of as many things as you can or that you find interesting isn't a bad thing. And, it wouldn't be as bad when relating it to how young Frankenstein was when he discovered how to create life because with most people it takes a good amount of years to gain the knowledge and to comprehend it. However, I feel that he was not mature or responsible enough to handle the situation. One of the biggest things that Victor should have done was to stay with the creature and figure out how to contain him. But, instead of that, he acted cowardly and made it everyone else's problem rather than making it his own. And, even though many people have many different opinions and beliefs, with a discovery like this, you can't do it alone. What I mean is that in order to preserve it and learn from it, you need help from others, which Victor didn't have. So, we should keep pursuing knowledge, but we should keep in mind how to go about it and regulate it rather than letting it run loose and out of control.

Frankenstein Blog #1

Compare and Contrast Walton and The Stranger

I believe Robert Walton and the Stranger are similar because they share that drive and feeling of ambition for trying to accomplish something important or extraordinary. They are both intelligent and more on the sophisticated side. But, of course, the stranger is in bad condition when Walton finds him. So, physically, the aren't the same.. yet. But, the way they go about things and think about things are more similar than Walton is with his crew, which is way he writes to his sister, Margaret, that he feels alone out there. But, there are some differences between them. Walton can be seen as the young adventurer or scientist that is eager to discover something and not really thinking it all the way through. The stranger seems wiser and appears to have already done something that has impacted him a great deal, which causes him to be more quiet than anything. He recognizes that Walton seeks the knowledge and wisdom, as he once did. And, the stranger actually admits that he has experienced some evils and should let that knowledge of those evils die with him. And, he wishes that Walton's wishes of knowledge and discovery don't come back to bit him like it did with him. But, because Walton and himself are similar and have possess that eagerness of discovery, he wants to tell Walton his story so that he doesn't make the same mistake... I imagine. But, we'll have to wait and find out what has happened to this stranger...