Quotes Of Acceptance In Frankenstein

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As Frankenstein became more and more interesting as I read, I notice that there is a lot of different ways acceptance is portrayed, but not all characters are accepted even the most hideous or the most beautiful. Life is too short to hate, so why not accept all? A person should never feel unaccepted because sometimes it could tick something in them and it could make them depressed or maybe even go crazy, so, we shouldn’t judge people based on looks nor life styles.

Sometimes in life we do bad things and those bad things can harm you physically and mentally. An example is not being accepted by society just because you were born different. We may cry or be mad or may even do something crazy because at the time our mind may not be right. …show more content…

The creature sees and greets the blind man, in the creatures own words he viewed the old man as “…a countenance beaming with benevolence and love,” (Shelly, 93). This is the creature’s way to use appearance to judge people. The old man also has something to say “…there is something in your words which persuade me that you are sincere.” (Shelly, 119) Although the man is blind, he is already judging another guy just by his voice. I think that is very provocative and sad because you shouldn’t judge a person by the way they speak. They could be sick or just naturally like that, and by you saying stuff doesn’t make the situation any better. What my dad always told me was “sometimes the nicest people you meet are covered in tattoos and sometimes the most judgemental people you meet go to church on sundays.” Thinking the villagers would be nice because of how godly they acted, the creature thought he was already accepted as is. Therefore, being judgmental can drop a person’s self confidence or even make the person hate how they present …show more content…

“The development of self-esteem in young children is heavily influenced by parental attitudes and behavior.” (Longe). If a parent is not taking care of their own kid and just leaving it here and there, the child wouldn’t have a loving connection with his/hers mother. A mother and child’s love is what bring the self-esteem out of a child. It helps the child develop self-acceptance and without self acceptance or confidence, how is the child supposed to make friends or even communicate with others without being “stuck” all the time?. In the book Frankenstein, he is recently brought to life and is clueless like the mind of a new born baby, but over time he educates himself and notices other people’s reactions when they see him or when he tries to talk. “The more I saw of them, the greater became my desire to claim their protection and kindness; my heart yearned to be loved and known by these amiable creatures.” (Creature, 133). The people didn’t love him because all they noticed was that he was macabre and was very different from everyone else. Even his own creator Victor didn’t love him, he just abandoned him like he wasn’t a living person. What went wrong is that the creature needed the love and affection at the start of his life to develop some sort of self-acceptance and self-confidence, but no, Victors disapproval of the creature seemed like it angered the creature

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