Kimball Post 1 - Frankenstein

• How does the natural world affect us?  How does nature react to Frankenstein's work?

When reading this prompt I thought not so much about how to natural world affects us, but rather how we, ourselves, affect the natural world. Every movement we make and every event we take place in affects our environment and the world we are surrounded by, no matter how minuscule. We inadvertently alter everything we involve ourselves with. We distribute ourselves and our influence through the actions we take. Perhaps most importantly, regarding our novel, we put ourselves into everything we create -- and our creations know this (maybe not in the literal sense, but you get the idea). Frankenstein comes to this realization when his 'monster' approaches him. He assumes the monster is going to attack and kill him, but instead he shows the doctor the true meaning of the nature of his work. The monster says, "I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king, if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me... remember that I am thy creature" (p. 69). The monster represents pieces of Frankenstein's inner emotions. He's projecting his fear, anger, and hatred onto the monster and, in return, his creation is giving it back to him. By reminding the doctor that he's his own creation, it allows Frankenstein to understand how the nature of his monster affects him and he can change his monster for the better. Frankenstein realized "what the duties of a creator towards his creature were..." (p. 70) and that made him understand and, hopefully, come to terms with how he affects nature, and how it, in turn, affects him.