Why The Creature That Opened My Eyes Of Frankenstein

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The Creature That Opened My Eyes Sympathy, anger, hate, and empathy, these are just a few of the emotions that came over me while getting to know and trying to understand the creature created by victor frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. For the first time I became completely enthralled in a novel and learned to appreciate literature not only for the great stories they tell but also for the affect it could have on someones life as cliché as that might sound, if that weren’t enough it also gave me a greater appreciation and understanding of the idiom “never judge a book by its cover.” As a pimply faced, insecure, loner, and at most times self absorbed sophomore in high school I was never one to put anytime or focus when it came time …show more content…

When Victor eventually dies it of bittersweet relief to him, joy because he is what caused him to have so much suffering but maybe even greater sadness for Victor is the only one in which he had a connection or relationship

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