and the effects it has on people is explored extensively in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Throughout the book, Frankenstein and the creature are corrupted by knowledge that changes their outlooks on life. In both cases, the information that corrupts the characters was not meant for them to be discovered. When Frankenstein is discovered in the artic by a sailor named Walton, Frankenstein is taken on board of Walton’s boat. Frankenstein then tells Walton his about his quest for information and it
emotional disabilities are often denied the basic rights of inclusion in society and can face extreme discrimination in finding housing and jobs. Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s 1831 novel, Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature faces societal prejudice due to his outward physical appearance. Both people with disabilities and the creature suffer from preconceived prejudices towards their appearances, but their responses to these
Furthermore, in Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt continues to persevere despite the hardships he and his family had to face. The frustration of having the door slam in his face again and again, the pain of seeing his siblings die one after another, and the shame of seeing his mother begging for food fuels McCourt’s will to succeed. In the memoir, McCourt mentioned a time when he was so desperate for food that he had to “take the greasy newspaper from the floor. [He licks] the front page….[He licks]