Global Warming In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Natural events along with human activity are believed to have a contribution to the increasement in global temperatures and will continue to increase unless the human population puts a stop to it. This statement might raise the question,“What are human doing that is contributing to Global Warming?”,which is an excellent question to ask. It all comes from burning fossil fuels which causes more greenhouse gases to build in our atmosphere. An effect of fossil fuels is when it is burned, it produces major amounts of CO2. Much like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster was like our global warming because his creator, Victor Frankenstein, who had no intention to harm anyone. “Spread havoc and destruction around me” (Shelley’s 5). Little did …show more content…
Victor was devastated after his mother passed away from giving birth, so he assumed bringing back the death was what needed to be done, which sounded like a safe idea during that time period due to the fact that there were no records/evidence on what could go wrong if an experiment like that were to happen. Much like global warming, human are causing global warming due to the fact that the human population is increasing rapidly and if it continues it would lead to food storage running low, Another example is that even the slightest things that human take for granted like water,food, and fuel for heating/ cooking depend on fossil fuel. The Monster(Global Warming) is a negative contribution towards our environment because it is harming/affecting us with effects such as longer/shorter season, animal extinction and melting of the …show more content…
In “ Sea Level Rise Estimate Grow Alarmingly Higher in Last Federal Report”, Kusnetz emphasizes, “ 2 millions Americans would likely see their homes permanently flooded if sea levels rise 3 feet”(Kusnetz 4). The word ‘flooded’ noted in this article is connected to ‘Frankenstein’ because the creature was lost after being created and had no home along with not one to turn to while for the 2 million people who will unfortunately lose their homes if sea level continue to rise.. Sea levels to this day effect the planet because due to the sea rising, islands around the world are slowly