On of the most blatant parallels in Frankenstein and in today’s modern world is that of racism. This parallel shows from the very first moment of Frankenstein’s creature’s life. One of the first things Victor says about his new alive creation is about how his creature’s skin was thin and yellow and he viewed his creation with horror and disgust. Here one finds that like the vast majority of people then a

Another similarity in the novel Frankenstein and today’s society is that of rash judgments based solely on appearances. Victor Frankenstein himself does this throughout the book. He shows this when he selected the creature’s features for their beauty. This shallowness is shown again when he accuses the monster of Frankenstein’s brother William’s murder. Rightfully of course, but the point is that he accused the monster of a horrible deed just because of his horrible appearance. Even the monster makes snap judgments. In the case of the cottagers, he viewed the old man as a tolerant man beaming with benevolence and love. This was not a negative opinion, but yet it shows the creature’s use of appearance to judge people. Even the blind old man would use looks to judge people if he could. He seems like a nice man who would think of a person’s true nature to judge them when he says to the monster that there is something in the monsters words which persuades him that he is sincere. Perhaps the worst reactions and judgments produced are those of people who initially saw the creature. When the old man in the hut saw the creature he shrieked loudly, and leaving the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his hindered form hardly seemed capable. Numerous accounts of hate of the monster just because of his frightful appearance follow this, including the villagers throwing rocks and driving away the monster, the crushing blow to the creature’s emotions when Felix drove him away and final straw before the creature turned against humanity, when the man shot the monster after he had saved a girl’s life. However, very little has changed

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