Reading Frankenstein kind of makes me mad, and maybe it’s
because I’m lame, but I really hate when people mess with science just for the
hell of it. Some things are better left unknown, and further messing with
tricky concepts such as reanimation should seem like a flat out terrible idea
to anyone, especially to a super intelligent man such as Victor. Did he think
he was going to make friends with this creature or that somehow it would be a
subservient being? Was he under the impression that he would have total and
complete control over the creature? Or was he just screwing around for the sake
of it? The book doesn’t go into that TOO well and it kind of just irks me. It
makes me feel boring and old, but in most cases, I would rather science not go
out of control with “discoveries” and unnecessary research. As a reference, the movie iRobot, while
pretty bad in terms of cinema, did have a lot of frightening truth behind it. Eventually
our advances are going to get us in trouble in one way or another, whether that
be with robots or something as simple as reanimating dead tissue. Science is
helpful in that it can aid us in solving important issues we are facing but can
be dangerous in that we are messing with the unknown.
Every time I read this book I want to punch Victor in the
throat, basically.
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