We are all monsters

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a classic. It's a tale of horror. It's a tale of terror.  It's a tale of whining and moaning and groaning and complaining.

Victor Frankenstein is ambitious and arrogant. He cannot be taught by anyone that disagrees with him. (He sounds like so many college kids I currently know.) Those who disagree are pointless and worthy of nothing but disdain.  

He wants to create life because he wants to know, in his arrogance, how God feels. He works feverishly to accomplish this. It is only when he faces his creation full in the face that he realizes what a mess he's just created.  Instead of immediately fixing the mess, he flees.  Victor is a coward.

And he is weak for he falls into agony and illness as his horror looks him full in the face.

He spends and entire book whining about what a poor wretched creature he is; he brought it on himself by his refusal to take correction. (Proverbs 29:1) 

Now his brother is murdered and a young innocent girl is executed; Victor knows she did not do the deed but he opens not his mouth in order to save himself from being termed "mad." (Proverbs 17:5)

His monster then turns and demands what he wants in order to stop him from further murder. (The creature making demands of the creator?) When Victor finally decides not to give in to the demands, the monster murders more. 

Victor continues to bemoan his unhappy state--which he brought on himself.  

Then we hear the monster's side of the story. Let's be aware that the monster is as whiny as his creator. The monster began gently enough but humanity drove him from his kindness! Alas, the monster was forced to become wicked. Only wait a moment, the monster himself tells the reader that he chose his way out of anger. Yet, he feels he is not to blame because HE is the victim. No one can possibly feel as bad about life as he does. 

This book was horrible reading, and yet it sounds so much like America today. Everyone is a victim and no one is constrained to take personal responsibility. 

And one more thought, the monster is Judas Iscariot, though Victor is no Jesus.