Lee once said: "Existing is going through the motions of life with no zeal and feeling you have no control; living means embracing all that this large world has to offer and not being afraid to take chances. The beauty of living is knowing you can always start over and there's always a chance for something better." Life is such an amazing and unique concept. It creates and provides opportunities for individuals to be there own person and seek their own, wonderful journey, but unfortunately it can be restricted by themselves or others. Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, readers can understand the role that alienation and rejection plays within society. The novel exposes this through Victor Frankenstein's creation, the monster, who unfortunately is not accepted due to the different characteristics he has been given from his creator. The monster's unfamiliar and appalling countenance not only creates mass hysteria, but separates him from society and motivates him to separate his creator from the world as well. .
"Isolation-the experience of being separated from others-may result from being physically removed from others, as when a person lives in a remote area, or it can result from the perception of being removed from a community, such as when a person feels socially or emotionally isolated from others" (Hawthorne, G., PhD). Studies claim that alone time is healthy for an individual once every so often, but too much can be concerning and dangerous for a human being's mental state of mind. Social isolation in particular impacts the two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and his creation. This type can be specified when an individual limits their social communication. It "persists for an extended period of time resulting in depression, shame, or low self-worth; is associated with abandonment fears or social anxiety; proves detrimental to important social or professional relationships" (Hawthorne, G.