Paper 2

In paper 2 we have to write about one character.  It seems to me I will have a hard time talking about one character for 4 pages.  I'll try.  I know we've learned a lot in this class about the book and Dr. Frankenstein.  I was getting bored listening to the same things about the monster and Victor.  I'll be glad to get this paper over with and move on to something new.  I liked the story but I tired of talking about it.  This book was interesting how Victor created the monster and a female for the monster.  Why create a female for the monster who killed his wife and family?  Why keep helping the monster?  I would not have helped the monster. What do you think?

Women and Freedom

In this book, I learned some things about women and the way they have been treated.  Mary Shelley was an educated woman with knowledge but not always the freedom she wanted.  She made choices in her life.  She loved her husband and her children.  She had money but society did not give many choices to women.  She felt that many other women in social life didn't have opportunities like she had.  The book talks about Justine and Safie and that they are mistreated.  I think women should have freedom.  If a woman marries and the husband and wife make a decision they should both make it.  If they talk about something together, I think that is the right way to make decisions.  The women should say yes or no.  In this book I learned that women have not always had these freedoms.  These rights are not allowed in lots of countries today.

About Mary Shelley

I read about Mary Shelley online.  She was a British novelist.  She also wrote short stories, dramas, and essays.  She was best known for the novel Frankenstein which she wrote in 1818.  She married Percy Shelley in 1814.  They travelled through Europ.  She came up with the idea for the story of Frankenstein while she and her husband were in Switzerland.  She lost three children.  A fourth child survived.  Her husband died in 1822.  She went back to England to raise her son.  She died in 1851 of a brain tumor.  It seems like she went through a lot in her life.  She had many losses at a young age.

Thoughts about "The Prince" Chapter 18

     I learned a lot from this chapter.  It is important to show authority; to let people know who's boss.  However, this can be taken too far.  "Princes should keep their word."  After reading this, I think everone can't always keep their word.  We are human and have a human nature.  We are never perfect.  Neither was the prince.  Another topic from chapter 18 is the importance of "keeping up apprearances." For my large paper #1, I am writing about the history of my native country and the political problems.  Many of the problems are like those of the prince.  I think this paper will be interesting even though I'm not that into this book.  This paper will be hard to write.  I am still working on this paper.  Wish me luck.