The Importance Of Books In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Today, you probably rolled out of bed and hit the snooze button on your alarm clock as you awoke, knowing exactly what you were planning on accomplishing today, or at least the gist of it. Our routine gives us something to hold onto and look forward to. Nevertheless, many of us believe that our lives could be improved if we could rid ourselves of the monotony and repetition in our lives, when in reality it keeps us sane and lets us thrive. Imagine waking up in a strange place where you knew nothing and you were all alone. You didn’t know how to talk or how to eat or even walk,without stumbling, not to mention the fact that no one is there to guide, comfort or advise you. This is what the creature experiences in Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein. In this book Shelley chooses three books she believes the creature will benefit the most from reading. If this creature were to live in our day, what books would it benefit from? I believe this creature would benefit from reading these three books, Les Miserables, The American Vision, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. …show more content…
When something unfortunate happens to him, he retaliates. Soon after finding out who created ,and abandoned him, he runs into his creator’s brother. He expresses his anger towards his maker, by killing the boy, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy- to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge: you shall be my first victim” (Shelley, 104). By reading Les Miserables the creature would learn the value of life. He would have realized that revenge would destroy his life. If he had only learned this lesson in his early life, he could have avoided a tragic ending. I would like to assume that if he had read this book, he would have been a kinder creature and he would become more aware of the fact that life isn’t fair and we should make the most of what we are