Kindred And Frankenstein Comparison

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In the book Kindred it is about a girl who travels back in time of slavery and has to learn how to survive the abusive household from Rufus and Rufus father Weylin's who are both white slave owners. The other book which is about Victor who creates a creature but then he becomes so scared of him that he abandoned him. The monster has to found a way to survive in the real world. When first looking at the books there seems to have nothing in common. But both characters are lost in the world and doesn’t have a role model that can show them the way. The reason they become the person they are is because their father abandoned them In both of these book the characters have been hurt by the person they thought loved them. In Frankenstein the monster was hurt by Victor. Because once the monster was created Victor realized how ugly and hideous creature he created and Victor was so afraid of him that he ran out of the house. When he returned the monster wasn’t there. And the monster in a lot of pain when he realized that Victor was afraid of him. In Kindred Weylin's Rufus father would hit Rufus every time he made him mad or disappointed him. Because of his father actions Rufus become afraid of his father and never learned how …show more content…

In the book Frankenstein the monster developed a strong love for the noble French family and he wanted them to care and love them but he knew he was disgusting and ugly. So he decided to to talk to the older family member who was blind but the only problem was that there family member came back earlier than the monster expected and he was thrown out. In the book Kindred Rufus was in love with a slave name Alice but because he didn’t know to love someone he would rape her and beat her so that she would be able to fall in love with him. But he decided to take away her kids from her and that is when Alice wasn’t able to live anymore and hung

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