Frankenstein: Issues that are still addressed today.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mary Shelley brings up topics that are still an issue today. Even though the novel Frankenstein is over a hundred years old, there are still lessons that can be learned from the novel. Some of the issues that are brought up in the novel are the importance of family, disliking a person because they are different, and accountability for ones actions.
Society has always judged people on their physical appearance. If a person is something out of the ordinary then that person is automatically thought of as being weird. Society now, although more lenient than in Mary Shelley's day, does not do well with things that are "different". For example, in Mary Shelley's time a guy having an earring or a women working were something's that certain people did not do. While society as a whole has gotten more lenient there is always a set of standards that are considered "normal". Sometimes society does not give a person time to prove him/herself before judging them. All to often in society a person gets judged by the way he/she talks, the clothing he/she wears or in what part of the city a person lives in. These are just a few examples.
For example, in Frankenstein when the monster entered town " [monster] had hardly placed [a] foot within the door children shrieked, and a woman fainted" (74). From that moment on the monster realized that, because of his appearance, he was not part of society.
In all respect, the monster had a gentle side to him but was never fully given the opportunity to show it. .
As luck would have it the monster crossed paths with the De Lacey family. The De Lacey family was the family that he secretly cared for. The elder of the family was blind, what a perfect way to try to make a friend. The monster closely watched the family and thought that they were kind people who would be unafraid of his abnormal exterior.