The first waking moments of the monster's life have an uncanny resemblance to Aldini's recollection of the experiment involving the electrocuted corpse: "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs" (p56). ...
The underlying principles of Marwick's argument, are that war inevitably affects society in four main ways: disruption, institutions, the involvement of previously destitute persons and the psychological impact of the war. ... Marwick assumes that the war allowed women access to paid employment for the first time. ... This is further augmented by the 39% of women who concluded in the survey that men should be given first priority for jobs. ...