Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

You may have seen Frankenstein in a movie but have you ever read the classic original? Frankenstein by the famous Mary Shelley is sure to blown you away. But first, let's all get to know the author. Mary Shelley and her husband the poet Percy Shelley were a part of the Romantic movement, Romantics are people who think we should embrace and fear the power of nature instead of trying to find every secret that it keeps. In her book she gave an example of how science can ruin ones live.

The story happens right after a period called the Enlightenment, this was when science and discoveries took a tremendous step forward into the future,Europe became an advance civilise region where scholars gather to share ideas and argue about theories. One of the was young Victor Frankenstein, a science student at the university of Ingolstadt, Switzerland. He was brilliant and curious, too curious. He was desperate to find the secret of life and so he did, creating a creature that seal him a fate full of suffering and despair. His creation was meant to be beautiful but it turns out to be a hideous monster. Victor himself fled in terror by the sight of the ugly creature.

Although the monster was kind and gentle, the humans fled whenever they caught sight of it's hideous nature. This amount of terrible isolation, rejection and loneliness turned the gentle creature into an angry evil monster. Seeking vengeance on it's creator the monster became a lunatic, murdering Victor's love ones. Victor swore to track down his own creation and destroy it... If you want to know how the story ends you should read it for yourself.

Mary Shelley criticised the Enlightenment through Victor Frankenstein, Victor did not fear the world around him enough and he had to pay the ultimate price. The monster represent the things that science created but can not control. But Frankenstein isn't just about this still heavily debating subject, it's also consider the first example of a science fiction book which is followed by a long line of breath taking novels. This is a book that is worth reading and its monster has been adapted into famous movies and plays too! But always remember that Frankenstein is the name of the man who created the monster not the monster itself, the monster really doesn't have a name, people get that mix up a lot!