Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley was a woman with a very dark and gloomy childhood. Death was surrounding her and taking the lives of her family members. Her teenage years were lonely forcing her to grow up quickly. She wrote the book Frankenstein when she was nineteen only two years older then I am now. The book is very dark and gloomy with its gothic theme to it. In this book the monster is excluded, hated , and lost with no one to show him what is right and wrong. The monster doesn't go through a full life, but of one much shorter.

Shelley's life and the book resemble each other. They are both dark and gloomy with death all around. Also, the monster I think resembles either Mary's child hood or just a part of it. She was left alone after everyone around her was ripped away. Like how Victor messes with life, puts together a body, and throws it into society. The monster is smart and adapts to how he needs a companion in life. This is the same as how Mary has to do the same. If the monster doesn't represent her whole child hood then it definitely is a section of it.