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I would like to start with a small complaint. Just a small one. This is the third time I am reading Frankenstein for a class. First, it was AP Literature. Then, last year, it was English 325. Now it’s risen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I sat down to read Frankenstein for the ‘nth’ time (this is not the first time I’ve read it, nor is it the first time I’ve studied it at Mason either), I thought about it in a different lens … Continue reading → Continue reading →

 Frankenstein!! Awesome!! This was my first time to read Frankenstein in English because i’m a Korean. And in Korea, i’ve just heard about Frankenstein as a frightening monster story. Through reading the novel, however, i’ve just found out that this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I think it is worthy of note that Victor’s first and favorite philosopher is Cornelius Agrippa. While it was suggested that he was obsessed with other philosophers as well, the name Cornelius Agrippa has been repeated throughout the story several times. Therefore, I began to wonder if this person had any significance to the story […] Continue reading →

After reading Part One of the book “Frankenstein”, I have come to wonder why Victor Frankenstein becomes afraid of his own creation. If I were to create something, whether it is art, a recipe, or anything, I’d be proud of my accomplishment, even if it didn’t come out exactly as I planned. There has to […] Continue reading →

It’s really hard for me to think of Frankenstein as a science fiction piece.  I’ve always thought of it as some sort of gothic thriller or something.  I mean, there are scientific elements and mentions throughout the book, especially pertaining … Continue reading → Continue reading →

  After reading the first volume of Frankenstein, I developed an entirely different opinion about the book. Before cracking it open I had established many reservations about the book due to previous publicity on the subject as well as the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

            I agree with where Julia Douglas and Occasionalbologna (sorry, I do not know who in my group has that username:) were going with their blogs. I also thought about how Suvin states, “SF concentrates on possible futures and their spatial equivalents, but it can deal with the present and the past as special cases […] Continue reading →

Upon reading this novel for the past two days, naturally my subconscious embeds the images portrayed in what I found to be one of the more terrifying scenes in the first volume. In other  words, I had a nightmare just last night about when the monster created by Frankenstein first opens its eyes and comes […] Continue reading →

As I read Frankenstein, I think about the idea of cognitive estrangement and what it means to science fiction.  It’s the idea that something might make sense on a cognitive level but is still distended from reality.  That makes sense. Yet, how different is Frankenstein from reality?  Obviously undead abominations aren’t running around.  However, in Continue reading →