Abandonment In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Abandonment is an area of parenting that you never want to hear about. Throughout the novel, the main character Victor, shows bad parenting styles by abandoning his creation when he sees the two years of hard work fail and turn into a nightmare. The result of abandonment shows up as the monster that’s been created tries to get revenge on Victor and punish his family by killing them, teaching the monster to learn how to do things on his own and how their friendship struggled throughout the novel.
In the novel Frankenstein, due to bad parenting and abandonment by Victor, the monster makes it aware that he is going to get revenge by killing Victor’s family. According to the article, by Pleck, “Integrating Father Involvement in Parenting research,” …show more content…
Friendship “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard” (Dictionary). From the definition that was found, it is clear that the two of them did not have that towards each other enough. In the novel, they clearly don’t have a good friendship because they don’t communicate with each other. As shown in the article, by Crépel, “Friendship: Shaping Ourselves,” a friend has an observable life in many details. I can see my friend in a wide range of situations and I have access to an individual who confides his emotions in me or at least reveals them to me. The information provided shows that they should have built a stronger bond with each other while talking. When they do talk, it’s usually about things that won’t build their friendship. For example, the conversation they had when the monster said that he will be with victor on his wedding day is a conversation that could have been avoided. Another area in which they experience a bad friendship is when the monster kills Victor’s family starting with young William and does not stop until Victor tries to stop or yet kill him. Their friendship struggled due to the abandonment of Victor and the things that could have brought them closer together drew them farther and farther away
In the novel Frankenstein, due to bad parenting and abandonment by Victor, the monster makes it aware that he is going to get revenge by killing Victor’s family. According to the article, by Pleck, “Integrating Father Involvement in Parenting research,” …show more content…
Friendship “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard” (Dictionary). From the definition that was found, it is clear that the two of them did not have that towards each other enough. In the novel, they clearly don’t have a good friendship because they don’t communicate with each other. As shown in the article, by Crépel, “Friendship: Shaping Ourselves,” a friend has an observable life in many details. I can see my friend in a wide range of situations and I have access to an individual who confides his emotions in me or at least reveals them to me. The information provided shows that they should have built a stronger bond with each other while talking. When they do talk, it’s usually about things that won’t build their friendship. For example, the conversation they had when the monster said that he will be with victor on his wedding day is a conversation that could have been avoided. Another area in which they experience a bad friendship is when the monster kills Victor’s family starting with young William and does not stop until Victor tries to stop or yet kill him. Their friendship struggled due to the abandonment of Victor and the things that could have brought them closer together drew them farther and farther away