Issues in Frankenstein: The Creature from Human Being Body Parts

Issues in Frankenstein
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Issues in Frankenstein
In the 18th century, Dr. Frankenstein projected to synthesize a creature from human being body parts. However, he abandoned his idea out of remorse and horror. An aspect that made Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, an author, in her work Frankenstein, raise a number of issues on scientist's pursuit to produce a human being from human body parts. The story is grounded on Robert Walton, an explorer, who in a search for magnetism source finds and saves Frankenstein (Shelley, 2004). After recovery, Frankenstein narrates to Walton his life story. Later he learns of the death of his younger brother. Henceforth, sees the creature and realizes that he is the one who killed the child. He pursues loneliness at the Alps where the creature antagonizes him. Shelley sails on her own to bring thoughts about the impression of the process of making human beings. In society, the parallel journey of creation presented by Frankenstein raises questions on the obligation of scientist, morals of living and nature of human. Notions that have been painted in peoples heart from the past to the present. The study focuses on issues that have risen from the power novel.
Today with the evolution of technologies such as cloning, organ transport, plants genetic engineering and gender selection of babies, Shelley's thoughts raises a lot of concern (Miller, 2014). Though these innovations are valued, the idea of procreation is highly opposed. Shelley puts forward a fiction of formation of a creature from human parts. A vast of the population in society considers this unethical. However, the subsequent story of the monster threatens the rapidly evolving science. For instance, the invention of organ transport has saved many from death. Scientific innovations need to be promoted for a healthy nation. But in the story, the creature becomes a murderer (Shelley, 2004). An aspect that reveals Shelley was against scientific evolution. Thus, individuals like Shelley need to take challenges researchers face as situations they pass through for the better future. For instance, without technology how would the world be?
Shelley fails to represent women in her work. Her three narrators are all men (Knudsen, 2012). Thoug...