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Double Entry Journal

Frankenstein

"When I thought of him, I gnashed                      The monster feels as if he is not wanted.
my teeth, my eyes became inflamed,                When Victor finished creating him he
and I ardently wished to extinguish                  made an awful statement saying that he
that life which I had so thoughtlessly               wished he had never created the monster.
made."                                                               The monster feels the same way about
                                                                          himself. He feels he is abandoned, and
"I, the miserable and the abandoned,                should only be kicked at and trampled on.
am an abortion, to be spurned at, and               Both Victor and the monster wish Victor
kicked, and trampled on."                                 Had never engaged on the monsters
                                                                          creation.

                                                                               The monster feels that he is an abortion.
                                                                          Victor creates the monster, but then
                                                                          decides he is dissatisfied with it. He
                                                                          decides he does not want the monster or
                                                                          care for him any more. This same
                                                                          experience happens to many babies and
                                                                          children everyday. Either the woman
                                                                          decides she doesn't want the baby before
                                                                          she has it, or after, either way she gets rid
                                                                          of the child. Victor should not have turned
                                                                          his back on the monster and forced him to
                                                                          survive alone in the cruel world.