Frankenstein in my opinion is a very peculiar book that delves into the world of science and philosophy. It explores the curious nature of human beings and our ever growing passion to learn more about the world. There is no truer example of this concept than of Victor Frankenstein himself. Curious about the origin of life and death he creates a creature that horrifies even him although he himself created this creature.

In the book Frankenstein besides exploring the human psyche also presents to the reader a glimpse of the scientific community back in the 1800’s. By having Victor Frankenstein use electricity, which at that point of time when it was written in the 1800’s, electricity was only beginning to be explored and understand. And so, Mary Shelley use of the mysticism surrounding electricity played another role in my opinion of helping this book become for fascinating for it the protagonist is playing god, making a creature out of electricity which at that time wasn’t fully understood.

While I was reading I particularly liked chapter 5 because it shows the consequence of mankind’s action. We often do things in order to benefit ourselves without think about the consequences whether they be good or bad, just like how Victor Frankenstein created Frankenstein because he envisioned the creation of a new race of wonderful beings.  However once the monster came alive, Victor Frankenstein regretted his decision. In a way, the creation of the monster by Victor reminds me of Robert Oppenheimer who many considered to be the father of the Atomic bomb. His creation of the atomic bomb was only meant to stop the war in the pacific. However after he saw the destruction that the bomb could cause he regretted creating the bomb for he saw that this was a weapon that could cause many harm. In Fact he most famously quoted “I have become death, the destroyer of worlds: in acknowledgement of the vast destructive property of the bomb.