"But soon,"he cried, with sad and solemn entusiasm," I shall die, and what I now feel be longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct." pg. 166
I guess Victor would have been happy, the monster wishes to die. Thus he shall rid the world of his burdensome prescence. Yet where does that leave the rest of t he cast of this very sad tale, dead!! Saddest book ever! Nothing good ever really happened. Even when Victor was semi-happy he would have to leave his Elizabeth to make another monster that he would abhor. It was a book full of contradiction and stupid decisions. I am still mad that Victor tore up the female monster parts and did not just do what the monster wanted. It makes no sense when he knew that the consequences would be potentially losing all those he loves when it could havebeen him just having a little guilt that he made another being that is ugly!!! What a book...I hate sad endings.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The bromance coming to an end
"Must I then lose this admirable being? I have longed for a friend, I have sought one who wold sympathise ith and love me. Behold, on these desert seas I have found such a one;but, I fear, I have gained only to know his value, and lose him. I wouuld reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea." pg. 157
Well, Victor I think is dying of melancholy. I think that is actually possible in real life but I thought it only possible when one is old and then when decides to die it happens. It think that is the case here with Victor. He has lost his loves of his live and does not wish to replace them with Walton. Walton is so sad mostly for himself by putting out of having someone be able to listen to them. I think that Walton seems almost selfish when he speaks of Victor. He talks of loving him mostly because he sees the potential of Victor being able to listen to him speak about his crazy ideas.
Well, Victor I think is dying of melancholy. I think that is actually possible in real life but I thought it only possible when one is old and then when decides to die it happens. It think that is the case here with Victor. He has lost his loves of his live and does not wish to replace them with Walton. Walton is so sad mostly for himself by putting out of having someone be able to listen to them. I think that Walton seems almost selfish when he speaks of Victor. He talks of loving him mostly because he sees the potential of Victor being able to listen to him speak about his crazy ideas.
whaat did you think he was going to do??
"Scoffing devil! Again do I vow vengeance; do I devotte thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search, until he or I perish; and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and departed friends, who even now prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horribly pilgrimage!" pg. 152
This stream of consciousness shows Frankenstein's inner feelings. In this chapter that is what one mostly sees. He is so overcome by guilt that he wishes to sleep all day where he can escape reality and be with the people he loves. But i keep thinking, what did he think the monster was going to do , forget? The monster has an infinite amount of time and is bent on concentrating all his efforts on revenge. I feel as though Frankenstein brought this upon himself. Also the stream of consciousness shows the reader the though process of Frank.
This stream of consciousness shows Frankenstein's inner feelings. In this chapter that is what one mostly sees. He is so overcome by guilt that he wishes to sleep all day where he can escape reality and be with the people he loves. But i keep thinking, what did he think the monster was going to do , forget? The monster has an infinite amount of time and is bent on concentrating all his efforts on revenge. I feel as though Frankenstein brought this upon himself. Also the stream of consciousness shows the reader the though process of Frank.
Tone of concerned father
"Nay, you may have met with another whom you may love, and , considering yourself bound in honour to Elizabeth, this struggle ay occasion the poignant misery which you appear to feel." pg. 109
Wake up Franky even your own family and recognize you symptons of misery. I wonder if i always acted so downright melancholy if my family would become more and more annoyed because I would not relay to them what actually bothered me. Would they be as supportive? Frankenstein's father is the epitome of the concerned father. He frets that he has cornered his son into a predicament that he wants out of. It is touching that he would voice such concern. Also I find it odd that he would find it so strange that Frankenstein is sad when two people he knew and love has died.
Wake up Franky even your own family and recognize you symptons of misery. I wonder if i always acted so downright melancholy if my family would become more and more annoyed because I would not relay to them what actually bothered me. Would they be as supportive? Frankenstein's father is the epitome of the concerned father. He frets that he has cornered his son into a predicament that he wants out of. It is touching that he would voice such concern. Also I find it odd that he would find it so strange that Frankenstein is sad when two people he knew and love has died.
darkness light metaphor
"It surprised me, that what before was desert amd gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure. Mysenseswere gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty." pg 81-82
Many times during this novel there is a metaphor where during the darker months, sadness ensues. Yet during the lighter months all is happiness. It even affects the monster who relays such emotions also to Frankenstein. It makes one think that he is not so different from the human race afterall. He feels and has the same reactions to things as Frankenstein did to light and darkness. It was weird to know that something suposedly so disgusting could have the same feelings. Therefore, he is just as developed as humans and should be treated as one.
Many times during this novel there is a metaphor where during the darker months, sadness ensues. Yet during the lighter months all is happiness. It even affects the monster who relays such emotions also to Frankenstein. It makes one think that he is not so different from the human race afterall. He feels and has the same reactions to things as Frankenstein did to light and darkness. It was weird to know that something suposedly so disgusting could have the same feelings. Therefore, he is just as developed as humans and should be treated as one.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
I just want to be liked!
"It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration." pg. 81
It still surprises me the level of intelligence that this monster who was only days ago unknowing of the human language is able to make a literary allusion. It is perfect in this context because the monster knows he is of ugly appearance but wishes to be accepted regardless because of his good nature. Yet appearance will always matter. If one is good looking, you are good. If you are hideous, you are already deemed evil. It is nature for humans to judge based on appearance and I can already see what will happen to this monster. He will not be welcomed, rather he will be rejected and fleed from. His appearance is too fearsome and grotesque.
It still surprises me the level of intelligence that this monster who was only days ago unknowing of the human language is able to make a literary allusion. It is perfect in this context because the monster knows he is of ugly appearance but wishes to be accepted regardless because of his good nature. Yet appearance will always matter. If one is good looking, you are good. If you are hideous, you are already deemed evil. It is nature for humans to judge based on appearance and I can already see what will happen to this monster. He will not be welcomed, rather he will be rejected and fleed from. His appearance is too fearsome and grotesque.
The monsters welcome Home
"'I expected this reception,' said the daemon. 'All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport this with life?'" pg. 68
The fact that this monster is intelligent kind of astonishes me. I find it funny that the creation throws the creator's own words back at him. The monster's right in a way, Victor did make him and went against the laws of nature by creating life. Therefore, he is being still controlling by trying to extinguish this life. Even if Victor feels it is well deserved who is he to say that this creation should die. Although I think I would want to too in this circumstance where others are dead because of this thing. It is still just fitting that the monster reveals the hypocrisy present in Victor's barbed words towards the monster. He also could of prevented it by teaching the monster the social customs of humans.
The fact that this monster is intelligent kind of astonishes me. I find it funny that the creation throws the creator's own words back at him. The monster's right in a way, Victor did make him and went against the laws of nature by creating life. Therefore, he is being still controlling by trying to extinguish this life. Even if Victor feels it is well deserved who is he to say that this creation should die. Although I think I would want to too in this circumstance where others are dead because of this thing. It is still just fitting that the monster reveals the hypocrisy present in Victor's barbed words towards the monster. He also could of prevented it by teaching the monster the social customs of humans.
Inner conflict---the creation turns deadly
"Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." pg. 60
Victor is beginning to see the consequences of what his experiment are costing. He sees that innocent life has been shed because he did not look beyond making his creation. Rather he just looked at the prospect of succeeding. So now he is affronted with a mind so full of guilt it is hard to remain sane. He is plagued by the fact that he might have caused William and Justine's murder. One for something they did not do and the other for just having bad timing. Although I keep wondering what would make the monster turn murderous? It was never really a monster before that because it had not done anything to give it such a label. yet this act if done by the monster proves that the title for Victor's creation is fitting.
Victor is beginning to see the consequences of what his experiment are costing. He sees that innocent life has been shed because he did not look beyond making his creation. Rather he just looked at the prospect of succeeding. So now he is affronted with a mind so full of guilt it is hard to remain sane. He is plagued by the fact that he might have caused William and Justine's murder. One for something they did not do and the other for just having bad timing. Although I keep wondering what would make the monster turn murderous? It was never really a monster before that because it had not done anything to give it such a label. yet this act if done by the monster proves that the title for Victor's creation is fitting.
Foreshadow maybe???
"Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw grave-worms crawling in the folds of flannel." pg. 35
NOT ANOTHER DEATH! Frankenstein has definitely lost his mind! I think this shows the great depth to which frankenstein's mind has taken because of this very vivid and metaphorical dream. I think that the picture of Emily dying is a foreshadowing for her sudden death or perhaps maybe she will die naturally. Everything bad has already happened to Frankenstein so I feel like yet another bad disaster is likely to occur. It also seems that the monster's creation triggered this strange dream of death. As though natural death should be the way it is and not be changed by Victor's crazy science experiments.
NOT ANOTHER DEATH! Frankenstein has definitely lost his mind! I think this shows the great depth to which frankenstein's mind has taken because of this very vivid and metaphorical dream. I think that the picture of Emily dying is a foreshadowing for her sudden death or perhaps maybe she will die naturally. Everything bad has already happened to Frankenstein so I feel like yet another bad disaster is likely to occur. It also seems that the monster's creation triggered this strange dream of death. As though natural death should be the way it is and not be changed by Victor's crazy science experiments.
Frankenstein's OBSESSED!! TAKE NOTE WALTON!!
"Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught? Hear me,- let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips!" pg. 12--parallelism to vicc
I thought this sudden utterance from Victor spoke volumes about the parallelism that is very much illustrated in victor and Walton. They both have sisters that they are very close too...some closer than others. Well, okay Victor's "sister" isn't really his sister they are more like lovers and Elizabeth is adopted. ALso I found this quote especially fitting because of the fact that Victor can clearly see the trait of obsessiveness that has taken root in Walton. The fact that Victor can so easily see this and wants to save him from it speaks volumes of their parallel lives. I do not think it is of any coincidence that Mary shelley first introduced a character so likened to Victor Frankenstein who's last name is the title of this book.
I thought this sudden utterance from Victor spoke volumes about the parallelism that is very much illustrated in victor and Walton. They both have sisters that they are very close too...some closer than others. Well, okay Victor's "sister" isn't really his sister they are more like lovers and Elizabeth is adopted. ALso I found this quote especially fitting because of the fact that Victor can clearly see the trait of obsessiveness that has taken root in Walton. The fact that Victor can so easily see this and wants to save him from it speaks volumes of their parallel lives. I do not think it is of any coincidence that Mary shelley first introduced a character so likened to Victor Frankenstein who's last name is the title of this book.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The ending
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats not matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... and one fine morning- So we beat on, boats agains the current, borne back ceaselessly in to the past." pg. 121
At first this conclusion in which the boats are a metaphor for humans being stuck in the part confused me. I did not understand the relevance of the boats and the currents. This is until I saw that the broader message of the book is that Gatsby's behavior is the epitome of human behavior. We learn from mistakes, yes, but we seem to get stuck in what has happened to us. We may see ourselves as moving forward in the future but we may just really be moving backward. It is sad way to end the book but it is also uplifting to know that life goes on. Yes a tragedy occurred but we learn and just try our best against the current which pushes against us everyday. The current of our mistakes of the past that haunt and beat us everyday. Luckily somedays the wind is to our backs and so our sails are able to catch wind and ride off into the sunset. If only that were true everyday of one's life!!!!
At first this conclusion in which the boats are a metaphor for humans being stuck in the part confused me. I did not understand the relevance of the boats and the currents. This is until I saw that the broader message of the book is that Gatsby's behavior is the epitome of human behavior. We learn from mistakes, yes, but we seem to get stuck in what has happened to us. We may see ourselves as moving forward in the future but we may just really be moving backward. It is sad way to end the book but it is also uplifting to know that life goes on. Yes a tragedy occurred but we learn and just try our best against the current which pushes against us everyday. The current of our mistakes of the past that haunt and beat us everyday. Luckily somedays the wind is to our backs and so our sails are able to catch wind and ride off into the sunset. If only that were true everyday of one's life!!!!
The saddest funeral
"'I couldn't get to the house,' he remarked.
'Neither could anybody else.'
'Go on!' He started. 'Why, my God! They used to go there by the hundreds.'" pg. 117
I found this particularly depressing. The only other mourner that comes is the man usually found drunk in the library at Gatsby's parties. It is a sad thing to see that there is only three people in the attendance of your funeral. Does that mean that Gatsby was not a good man or that the people he surrounded himself were people who were selfish and cared not for him? I feel as though it reflects the personality of the society in which Daisy and Tom are apart of. They are of money and therefore have no other cares or comprehensions of the struggles others go through so cannot not really empathize with people. Nor do they look beyond their own, immediate needs. These needs being to have a pleasurably and comfortable life. Gatsby fulfilled this need for the people he invited to his parties so he could gain an in into the beautiful world of the rich. The world in which Daisy is apart of and in the end it did not give him much good because the people that seemed useful never cared for him in the end.
'Neither could anybody else.'
'Go on!' He started. 'Why, my God! They used to go there by the hundreds.'" pg. 117
I found this particularly depressing. The only other mourner that comes is the man usually found drunk in the library at Gatsby's parties. It is a sad thing to see that there is only three people in the attendance of your funeral. Does that mean that Gatsby was not a good man or that the people he surrounded himself were people who were selfish and cared not for him? I feel as though it reflects the personality of the society in which Daisy and Tom are apart of. They are of money and therefore have no other cares or comprehensions of the struggles others go through so cannot not really empathize with people. Nor do they look beyond their own, immediate needs. These needs being to have a pleasurably and comfortable life. Gatsby fulfilled this need for the people he invited to his parties so he could gain an in into the beautiful world of the rich. The world in which Daisy is apart of and in the end it did not give him much good because the people that seemed useful never cared for him in the end.
metaphors for the beautiful Daisy
"She had caught a cold, and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever, and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and reserves of the freshness of many clothes, and of daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud about the hot struggles of the poor." pg 100
It seems that Gatsby fell in love with Daisy because of the way she lived and how she was untouched by all things ugly.. aka poverty. This metaphor about Daisy gleaming like silver exemplifies how Gatsby sees Daisy, as someone pure. This is funny because she has really gone through a lot in her life so one would think she is wizened by her experiences. Yet at the end of the story and throughout I feel as though she is a teenager. She is in a fantasy world. How is she so untouched that she still seems naive and not in anyway tarnished by hardship. She faces a husband who is unfaithful and had a baby. Although this child is mentioned and describe twice throughout the course of the story. It seems that her money is what saved Daisy from all things that could make her life in anyway uncomfortable to painful.
It seems that Gatsby fell in love with Daisy because of the way she lived and how she was untouched by all things ugly.. aka poverty. This metaphor about Daisy gleaming like silver exemplifies how Gatsby sees Daisy, as someone pure. This is funny because she has really gone through a lot in her life so one would think she is wizened by her experiences. Yet at the end of the story and throughout I feel as though she is a teenager. She is in a fantasy world. How is she so untouched that she still seems naive and not in anyway tarnished by hardship. She faces a husband who is unfaithful and had a baby. Although this child is mentioned and describe twice throughout the course of the story. It seems that her money is what saved Daisy from all things that could make her life in anyway uncomfortable to painful.
Internal conflicts and discoveries for the menfolk
"He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock made him physically sick. i stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before- and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well." pg. 82
What a shocker men finding out that their women have lives of their own and are not always consumed by their men! It seems that even though this internal conflict is really just about the realization that their women are not always so accessible and stable really shakes the men. Tom does not get physically sick like Wilson but he is upset that is perfect little world is about to shatter. Shatter because of Gatsby and because Myrtle is so unhappy with her husband she wishes to leave. ALso i found this conflict kind of nice especially for Tom. I disliked him from the beginning when he had a phone call with his mistress in the middle of a lunch where his wife was present and where it was obvious who he was talking to. It almost felt like a little wake up call for Tom that he is not so perfect that his perfect little wife will just stay with him and be totally in love with him. Although I wished throughout the whole book that Gatsby and Daisy end up together!
What a shocker men finding out that their women have lives of their own and are not always consumed by their men! It seems that even though this internal conflict is really just about the realization that their women are not always so accessible and stable really shakes the men. Tom does not get physically sick like Wilson but he is upset that is perfect little world is about to shatter. Shatter because of Gatsby and because Myrtle is so unhappy with her husband she wishes to leave. ALso i found this conflict kind of nice especially for Tom. I disliked him from the beginning when he had a phone call with his mistress in the middle of a lunch where his wife was present and where it was obvious who he was talking to. It almost felt like a little wake up call for Tom that he is not so perfect that his perfect little wife will just stay with him and be totally in love with him. Although I wished throughout the whole book that Gatsby and Daisy end up together!
paradoxing it up!!
"For awhile these reveries provided an outlet for hi imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing." pg 65
Whatt Fairys in Gatsby?? This flowery language is kind of my thing! Anyways, I really liked this paradox because it helped clarify to me the need for Gatsby to be this person that he obviously works so hard to keep up for Daisy. That person is a rich, sophisticated working man with a pretty fly pink suit. When Fitzgerald begins to really delve into the mind of Gatsby the reader learns of his belief that everything will work out in his favor because it must, because he worked so hard to obtain his goal. His goal being Daisy and the unreality that he sees in what is really happening or the reality is that he will steal Daisy away from Tom. He will steal her away because they have always loved each other. But I seem to have seen from the beggining that Daisy is incapable of deep love or if she is will never risk going for it because she loves her money and everything that she already knows. She will not step outside her little box.
Whatt Fairys in Gatsby?? This flowery language is kind of my thing! Anyways, I really liked this paradox because it helped clarify to me the need for Gatsby to be this person that he obviously works so hard to keep up for Daisy. That person is a rich, sophisticated working man with a pretty fly pink suit. When Fitzgerald begins to really delve into the mind of Gatsby the reader learns of his belief that everything will work out in his favor because it must, because he worked so hard to obtain his goal. His goal being Daisy and the unreality that he sees in what is really happening or the reality is that he will steal Daisy away from Tom. He will steal her away because they have always loved each other. But I seem to have seen from the beggining that Daisy is incapable of deep love or if she is will never risk going for it because she loves her money and everything that she already knows. She will not step outside her little box.
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