Review Of Frankenstein By Thomas C. Foster - 2003 Words

How to read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster guides the reader to a better understanding of the Novel as whole and characters as individuals. Frankenstein by Marry Shelly can be easily broken down into pieces with certain chapters of â€Å"how to read literature like a professor† and able to see the real theme of the novel. Frankenstein is a frame story where the author Mary Shelley sets up a main character that sets the scene by telling story and we find another character or characters telling stories within that story. Result of that three characters are on quest including Walton, Frankenstein and The Monster. â€Å"The real reason for a quest is always self knowledge. Walton is on his Quest to be the first person to travel the†¦show more content†¦He tells Walton â€Å"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition† meaning fins your happiness in calmness instead of having a strong desire over a success. Although in a line right after he hopes that somebody finds the solution and succeeds at this goal. Third quester in the novel is Frankenstein’s creation, The Monster that is out on a quest to ruin Victor’s life just like he did his. His quest is emotional like a romantic hero and after being chased by the human he still desires a human companionship. Through out the novel we can see that nothing can make him happier when he fits into the society and community around him. The Monster faces many more challenges then any of the other in the novel, at first because of physical deformity he can’t bond with another human being and then Victor refuses to create him another companion, which makes the monster furious and he goes out to kill him. At Victor’s death the monster exclaims â€Å"I was nourished with high thoughts of honor and devotion. But now crime has degraded me beneath the meanest animal† meaning he realizes that it was the society that mad him monster, not his creator. Foster explains, â€Å"The real reason for a quest never involves the stated reason.† Similar to the novel Frankenstein where the real reason was stated in the beginning but as the novel goes on it states to fade away and something else becomes the real quest. Mary Shelley has used many