The Acquired Body Parts In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In order to make my monster, I first had to find places that had the required body parts. To make the monster, I used three sources; I had Teen Vogue and Delias magazines which I brought in. Another student in the class had a Justice magazine which, with her permission, I cut out an eye and a foot. Collecting the parts was not arduous, but keeping track of them was another story. When people walked by the pieces would blow around. This immutable problem became very frustrating. To find the small facial features was quite a challenge. It was also more difficult than I previously thought to paperclip the pieces together; Again the almost nonpalpable facial features would not want to be kept down. After I had collected all the body parts, I began by constructing the head. Again the pieces of the face would not cooperate and would bend and stick to me when I attempted to glue them down. The limbs were much easier because of

their larger size. Then I wrote her name, Payge, down the side. Her name is spelled correctly. It is spelled this way because like the original way to spell Payge, the beautiful name just does not look right this way.
In the book, Victor began his process by becoming “acquainted with the theory and practice of natural philosophy.” (41) Similarly, I began by becoming acquainted with the beginning of Frankenstein to create my creature.

Victor did not keep in touch with any family or friends. He says, “the same feelings which made me [Victor] neglect the scenes around me caused me [Victor] also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I [Victor] had not seen for so long a time.” (45) He was able to get an enormous amount of work done in a little amount of time in the absence of people. While at home in the absence of others, I was able to put the pieces together in less than 10 minutes compared to 50 minutes in class to gather the body parts. Like Victor, I was able to get a large quantity of work done when people were not with me. The night Victor put his body parts together “it was on a dreary night” and “the rain pattered dismally against the panes.” (48) Coincidently, it was rainy, dreary night when I glued the pieces

together.
Going into the project knowing how Victor felt, I did not have have high expectations for the countenance of my creation, but this thing I have created is below the low expectations I had set for it. The hair from an image is still on her arm in a very undesirable place as an example of the many things wrong with it. I have a vehement connection to how Victor about creation. When I started to construct my creation, I was excited to make a monster, but after I completed the monster, I quickly realized this was not the beautiful monster I set out to make. Likewise, Victor “was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries.” (41) Victor was excited and worked fervently to create his creature. These feelings changed as soon as he saw his creation; he states, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my [Victor’s] heart.”(49) I felt the same way as soon as the head was finished, a feeling of ignominy to my creation. Victor’s initial reaction to his creation is “catastrophe.” (48) He could not have described my reaction better to this thing on this paper. He “rushed out of the room” (49) because he could not procure a sense of sanity at the sight of his progeny. The sight of my creature made me defer writing this essay on it; it made me want to run away from it as Victor did.