Science And Technology In Frankenstein

In the book, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley does not view science as a horrible doom to society. Science is a human’s effort to understand and apply the natural phenomena and elements around the world. It helps humans solve problems and make their lives easier. Today, people’s lives rely on technology. People no longer have to travel several miles on foot, talk to someone face to face or shop at the shopping mall. Technology has become a lifestyle and people are consumed by them. However, science seems to have a negative connotation and is believed to be evil. Mary Shelley points out in her book that science itself is not evil but it’s due to the way society uses the product of science or technology. Such as Dynamites, which were created for removing

Science has the power to consume human. It begins with the human’s curiosity about something. A man can wonder about the simplest thing on Earth; such as how can a bird fly or be ridiculous like Frankenstein who decided reconstruct life. As man gets obsessed with his idea or theory, he drops everything that he had in his life and begins his research. In the book, Victor leaves his home to a faraway university. For two years, Victor indulges himself in his research and never contacts his family. Victor says, “And the same feelings which made me neglect that scene around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time” (Shelley 33). Mary Shelley values family love and bond highly and she puts many emphasizes on the importance of a family bond in Frankenstein. By showing how science drove Victor away from his family displays the immense power of science that can break even the strongest bond on Earth. Not only does science is able to distance social relationship, but it can destroy a man physically and mentally. Victor says, “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit” (Shelley 34). Victor works day and night with little to no sleep for two years. Even though his health is declining, it does not stop Victor from his

Game addicts cannot go on about that day without playing a game. They will spend at an average of twenty-four hours a week on gaming alone. Many game addicts forget about the everyday basic necessity such as eating, bathing and sleeping and continue on their games. Seungseob lee, a gamer addict who did not take care of himself, “played Starcraft for more than fifty consecutive hours at an internet cafe before suffering a fatal heart attack” (DAnastasio). The game addiction’s danger to health is tremendous mostly among adults and teenagers that are not under adult supervision. A solution to the game addiction problem would be simply prevent the person from accessing the game, but that also causes major problems. Brett, a gamer addict, thought of suicide when he wasn’t allowed to play his video game. He states, “At the time [I] felt anything had to be better than not being allowed to play Counter Strike” (DAnastasio). Brett ended up getting depression and started failing his classes. Brett cut himself away from the world and won’t even come out of the room. Excessive gaming can also “. . . induce pseudo hallucinatory-like experiences” (Clark). It happens when the gamer gets off the game after a long hours of playing. The gamer feels as if he or she is still in the game. One game addict claims to see and hear the zombies out the window of his home. These hallucinations can cause serious psychological and