How an Article from the Guardian Relates to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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I chose this particular article from the Guardian newspaper because I felt it best relates to what happens and is very much a huge part of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. For example when you walk into a nearby No-frills to buy some cereal. The box is categorized, "Has GMOs. The first thought that invades your mind is:
 A. "Cool! GMOs can offer prized additional nutrients and superior crop resistance, leading to lengthier and healthier lives for several of the world's utmost underprivileged people. Plus, it makes my corn flakes low-cost!"
 B. "Outrageous! Humans have no right to interfere with nature, predominantly since the longstanding effects of genetic alteration are entirely unstudied. Who knows what this food might do to our figures or the environment around us?"
If you were Mary Shelley, you'd undoubtedly pick "None of the above." Frankenstein isn't saying that new scientific discoveries are bad but nor is it telling us “oh this is what going to happen if you mess with nature, for sure”. Instead, it's a cautioning about the mishandling and mistreatment of science by unwitting or careless persons. Frankenstein's problem? No one ever perturbed to teach him morals or responsibility or mutual intelligence. GMO foods are also very Frankenstein-ish because they have the same problem, as the monster. Both the GMO foods and the monster in Frankenstein are unpredictable and not much is known about them. For example many European countries such as France have banned GMO foods from interfering with the food chain in their countries; these countries feel that GMO foods are not safe and there is not much known about their side effects on the human body. This is the same way Victor felt after the monster was created he was disgusted ...

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...s from unable to socialize and confused to able to tell speak because he hung around the Delacy family. They unknowingly taught the monster how to speak. Also the monster make a journey from helpless to the enforcer. When Victor abandons the monster, the wretch feels deserted. But when the monster takes the lives of victor brother he becomes the enforcer.

8. I’ve read the Hunger games: the mocking jay it’s has many journeys made that are similar. The protagonist is a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss starts off as a girl who is innocent much like Victor because she has no introduction to the real world. Once she gets on a train and goes to the big city she learns that sometimes you have to be savage to get what you want. Through this journey wins the hunger games. Unfornately the opposite happened for Victor he learned that crossing limit has consequences.

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