Frankenstein

I was excited to read this story as I never really knew the story of Frankenstein. I was never the type of person to be reading these types of stories as a child. My first surprise was that I never realized that Frankenstein was the Doctor's name, not the monsters name. I had pictured Frankenstein as a green monster that had bolts in his neck, wore a purple, torn up shirt and walked around moaning and doing heavy lifting for people that took advantage of him. But apparently that is not the case, as Frankenstein was really just the doctor.
I never envisioned the monster as a man that was put together with pieces of dead bodies. I didn't really think of the monster as a human. He didn't have human emotions to me, more of like a drone. I like reading about his observations of the world. It makes me wonder if there's chances for feral children to learn to associate and become more comfortable with society. His ability to learn so quickly and easily puzzled me though. The feelings of revenge didn't quite make sense because I feel we learn the more dangerous feelings and actions from direct experience with other people.
I felt like Victor was very selfish when creating the monster. He wanted to create life but when the task was done, he was mortified and a new life was left on his own to roam and figure out his own life while trying to cope with being denied by society. This is almost like a coming of age story, as a new teenager will struggle with who they are and where they belong in life. This could reflect on Mary Shelley's own life, as her mother was very well known and she could have been struggling to live up to her mothers reputation.
I enjoyed the story over all, it was a different literary experience for my as I usually read biographies. It was a hard story to get into but once I started to read about the monster and his experiences I found it more interesting and that's what ultimately drew me in.