Notes on Victor Frankenstein (unfavorable. spoilers)

A. Victor Frankenstein is an idiot B. I can’t believe he created his monster and then abandoned it ⁃ there are ties here to child rearing. what happens if you do not help a child safely navigate the world, do not support them in finding a place for it C. Frankenstein has no sense of consequences ⁃ if you abandon this creature you made, it is still going to exist and it is going to take on a life of its own. ⁃ If he’s killing people he’s probably going to kill more people. D. When Frankenstein returns home, his family keeps trying to resolve his malaise without ever actually touching the heart of it ⁃ he is not just melancholy because he’s melancholy, he’s melancholy because his creation is killing those he loves and threatening him and is still at large. How is he meant to move forward from his pain if the risk of it still remains and the creature still exists? His ignorance of the problem of the creature throughout the book is what creates all the strife he endures. Don’t be so self…