Essay Sample: Nature vs. Nurture in Frankenstein

Our differences, behavior, as well as personality, are affected by nature (our environment) and nature (our genes) (Hogle, 2018). The conflict of nature vs. nature is addressed in the novel by the author. Mary Shelley tells us in the story that, Frankenstein creates a 'child' and abandons the 'child' just as he was true to create it. This abandonment raises questions to whether the creature that was created was naturally evil or it turned evil from the hostility it was receiving from people. Does nature have anything to do with one's character later in life? Or nature has some traits that determine who someone becomes later in life? The author of this novel uses these questions to show how the monster was intelligent and destructive at the same time, on the other hand, this monster was guilt due to the environment it was in as well as the way it was isolated.

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We can say that the monster was lonely; it had no one to interact with nor did it had parental figures, because of this it ended up finding solace in the books. According to the analysis done by Garcia on the behavior of the monster, he says that the beast just like any other child had to seek for attention elsewhere now that his parent who was Frankenstein was absent. The monster ends up finding care in books; this is precisely what his creator used to do when he was a child he liked to read books so much. You may recall that Frankenstein spent almost all his childhood reading books. Therefore as they say as the father as the son the monster spends most of his life reading books, his intellect expanded to the extent that the beast wanted to understand more about his existence.

The author says that the more the monster learned about, the world around him, the more he came to terms to his mind that he did not belong to the world (Shohet, 2018). According to Mary Shelley, the monster could pieces and pits of himself, but he never understood who he was and what was his purpose on earth. Although, the monster was reading about love in the books he never felt the love. A psychologist by the name Freiburg says that the monster behaved like any child who does not experience parental love. When he or she is a child, the chances are that this kind of a child will grow into an unusual adult, who will always seek to inflict pain on others, as a way of notifying them that he or she is there and she or he exists as well. According to the psychologist, this is precisely what was happening with the monster in this novel. However, as the story continues, we see the monster disclosing how he was inclined towards good things at the onset of his life. The author says that the monster at the beginning used to help the blind man together with his kids and he was their protector, according to the author, the monster was satisfied with helping these people. As he was learning more about himself, he reached a point where he wanted to know whether he was the enemy of people or not. According to the author, the creator was wondering if he was a monster that all men could run away from, however as his knowledge increased he came to realize who he was precisely and after realizing who he was, his anger against his creator Frankenstein was aroused. This monster can be looked at as a child and therefore the way he behaves, and his hostility can be blamed to his parent who his Frankenstein, for not being there for him to provide the necessary guidance and how he loves.

After the monster knows the truth, he is also aware that his creator was not happy with what he created (Eliasson, 2016). The monster wanted to know he was and his purpose from the blind man, but the monster says that his plans were destroyed when the kids returned and found out that their father was talking with the monster, the monster records that, after that, the family flew, and he never sow it again. The story goes on, and later the monster reconciles with the truth of who he was, and since h wanted to be like the human beings, he ended up demanding for a wife. Since his creator, abandoned him and did not want to associate with him, the monster has a feeling that his creator owes him a wife who was to be created the same way he was created, according to the beast this wife could lessen the loneliness he was going through, and keep him company. Therefore the monster told his creator, that he had to create a wife for him, who he was going to live with and since it is only Frankenstein who could do that, he demanded as a right from him.

References

Eliasson, A. (2016). Monstrous Truths and Hidden Lies:: A Reading of Frankenstein's Narrative Structure and its Effects.

Hogle, J. E. (2018). The Gothic Image and the Quandaries of Science in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In Global Frankenstein (pp. 21-35). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Shohet, L. (2018). Reading Milton in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Milton Studies, 60(1-2), 157-182.