Mark Zuckerberg In Frankenstein
Two Men, One Dream
Is Mark Zuckerberg the modern day Frankenstein? Victor Frankenstein is the
Character of the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which he reanimates a body and learns to regret his creation. Mark Zuckerberg is the man who created the famous social media network Facebook and faced hardships during the beginning phase of his creation. Victor Frankenstein and Mark Zuckerberg are two men who wanted to make their mark on the world and both succeeded with two very different creations that changed their lives for the better and made their lives miserable. The struggling relationship between creator and creation is prevalent in these men's lives and we see these men being pushed to the limit and pushed to isolation. Mark Zuckerberg …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein faced the loss of his family because of his creation and will eventually lead to his death. His creation proved deadly even though he had good intentions from the start. Mark faces a lawsuit due to his creation because he used the idea of others to his gain. He also faces another lawsuit from his best friend who he forced out of the company that they both created. Mark eventually makes it through the lawsuits, but not without loss of money that he made. The challenges they faced highlights how much they are alike because of the challenges they faced and overcame. “For a moment my soul was elevated from its debasing and miserable fears to contemplate the divine ideas of liberty and self-sacrifice of which these sights were the monuments and the remembrancers. For an instant I dared to shake off my chains and look around me with a free and lofty spirit, but the iron had eaten into my flesh, and I sank again, trembling and hopeless, into my miserable self,”(143). The hardships these men faced show their similarities in character because they do not give up because they believe in themselves and their creation.
Mark Zuckerberg is the modern day Victor Frankenstein because they have the same core dream and desire of achieving something amazing in their life. Both try to make human life better and more enjoyable for the rest of the world. But they differ in the fact that Mark Zuckerberg succeeds and now his invention is one of the most visited websites in the world. While on the other hand Victor Frankenstein got himself and part of his family killed. But overall Victor and Mark are men who had aspirations that could change the world for the
Is Mark Zuckerberg the modern day Frankenstein? Victor Frankenstein is the
Character of the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which he reanimates a body and learns to regret his creation. Mark Zuckerberg is the man who created the famous social media network Facebook and faced hardships during the beginning phase of his creation. Victor Frankenstein and Mark Zuckerberg are two men who wanted to make their mark on the world and both succeeded with two very different creations that changed their lives for the better and made their lives miserable. The struggling relationship between creator and creation is prevalent in these men's lives and we see these men being pushed to the limit and pushed to isolation. Mark Zuckerberg …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein faced the loss of his family because of his creation and will eventually lead to his death. His creation proved deadly even though he had good intentions from the start. Mark faces a lawsuit due to his creation because he used the idea of others to his gain. He also faces another lawsuit from his best friend who he forced out of the company that they both created. Mark eventually makes it through the lawsuits, but not without loss of money that he made. The challenges they faced highlights how much they are alike because of the challenges they faced and overcame. “For a moment my soul was elevated from its debasing and miserable fears to contemplate the divine ideas of liberty and self-sacrifice of which these sights were the monuments and the remembrancers. For an instant I dared to shake off my chains and look around me with a free and lofty spirit, but the iron had eaten into my flesh, and I sank again, trembling and hopeless, into my miserable self,”(143). The hardships these men faced show their similarities in character because they do not give up because they believe in themselves and their creation.
Mark Zuckerberg is the modern day Victor Frankenstein because they have the same core dream and desire of achieving something amazing in their life. Both try to make human life better and more enjoyable for the rest of the world. But they differ in the fact that Mark Zuckerberg succeeds and now his invention is one of the most visited websites in the world. While on the other hand Victor Frankenstein got himself and part of his family killed. But overall Victor and Mark are men who had aspirations that could change the world for the