Who Is Victor Frankenstein Human

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Imagine yourself being alone and rejected by society just because you are different. The horror novel "Frankenstein" was written by Gris Grimley which was about Victor Frankenstein creation. Victor Frankenstein's creature is human because he has feelings and because he can learn and grow.

One reason the creature is human is because the creature has feelings. An example of this is when it states "Cursed, creator! Why in an instant did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed"(Grimly, 109). This proves that the creature is human because he expressed his emotion and anger towards the family. I also believe he is human like is because it states " I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth (Grimly, 105). The monster feels that he is alone and abandoned by everyone and by society because he is judged by his looks instead of by his personality.

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Many people claim that he is not because it states "Now that I have finished the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. However, the people such as Victor and Felix judge the creature by his looks and not by his emotion that he expresses or by how he feels. For example, when the creature walks into the family's house and had begun talking to the blind old man. The old man did not judge the creature by his physical appearance but by his personality and his kindness. When the creature is finally done Victor states " These luxuriance's only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes that seemed almost of the same color as the dun white sockets in which they were set (Grimly,41). Again, Victor is not considering how the creature feels and believes that he just wasted two years of his time to create a wretched eight-foot-tall monster. The creature did not choose for Victor to make him that way that he

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