Science In Frankenstein

“Science fiction is that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesized on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin,” once said a man by the name of Kingsley Amis. With this said it can definitely be determined that Frankenstein is a science fiction novel. However, what elements make this piece of literature a work of science fiction? To begin, Frankenstein bestows life in a lifeless creature made from the bodies of corpses. This is the first example that shows how this story is an example of a science fiction. The example can be found in the fourth chapter of the book and reads as, “With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the
The brain is the organ of the body that stores all the memories, functions, and knowledge a person learns in their lifetime. If the creature would have had a brain that came from another person, then I would think that he would have had the knowledge and memories from the person who he had received the brain from. It is not like getting a brain transplant would be like getting a heart or liver transplant, because neither one of these organs store knowledge. Perhaps though, the brain decayed to where what ever previous life that was in the brain used in the creature was gone. However if you think about it, if the brain decayed at all, then how would it work for the creation, proving once again this book is a work of