The Absence Of Children In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

According to the United States bureau, twenty-four million children live in America with the absence of their biological father. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, a creature is one of every three individuals who is abandoned or left without a male parent or guardian. The lack of their presence steers the affected children on a path to hardships, mental and physical changes, abuse, and behavioral issues. In most cases, children’s issues are born difficulties to the changing environment around them, which is created or developed due to the lack of support, love, and availability of the child's father. In the period immediately following the father leaving, many children have significant emotional adjustment and cognitive development problems.

While wandering outside the creature found a reflective pool of water, “At first [it] stared back, unable to believe that it was indeed [the creature] who was reflected in the mirror; and when [it] became fully convinced that [it] was in reality the monster that [it was], [it] was filled with the bitterness sensations of despondence and mortification,” (Mary Shelley, 138). The creature struggled to accept its self after glancing in the pool of water and seeing its reflection and eventually goes to attempt suicide, believing that it had nothing to live for. Along with the creature, many children in today’s society without a father will also struggle to love oneself. A new study by researchers from an issue of “The Lancet” and from WebMD’s health and medical writer Sid Kirchheimer shows that living without the presence of both parents doubles the likelihood of suicide for the affected children. According to the US Dept. Of Health/Census, “63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes, [which is] 5 times the average.” The loneliness children can develop from the lack of love and support can be deadly, but the absence of a father figure isn’t always an abhorrent