Similarities Between Frankenstein And In Cold Blood

The two texts that are to be studied are Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley and In Cold Blood with the author Truman Capote. The dates these texts are published are very contrasting themselves with the most recent novel being In Cold blood; it was issued in 1966. The other book being a literature classic was published in 1818. In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel being a true account detailing a brutal multiple murder of the Clutter family from Holcomb and the consequences following that crime. The book follows the victims before their deaths and the police force that were searching for the murderers but mostly, Truman Capote concentrates on the psychological relationship between the two parolees that together committed the most atrocious
The whole book, in fact, is a questionable motive. For example, why did Victor Frankenstein create the monster? For his own fame and fortune or because he genuinely wanted to create a being which would extend the whole of science's capabilities mixed with his driving force to help mankind conquer death and diseases? But the extract I have chosen accomodates only a few of these questionable motives. The extract's plot is where the monster had been viewing a french family for a matter of weeks and finally plucks up the courage to ask for aid from the elder blind frenchman when he was alone. Hoping the blind man would "see past" his hideous looks and listen to his plea, the monster approached the home, to be met with welcome from the elderly gentleman, however, after giving his plea, the rest of the family return home to find the monster next to their father and expel him from their home not before striking him violently with a stick. The questionable motive I will be exploring is why did the monster not destroy the family or the cottage at that instant like he was able to? "But my heart sunk within me as with bitter sickness and I refrained". His motives for letting the family banish him are not very clear although in the next paragraph the monster begins to curse his creator "Why did I live? Why, in the instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existance which you had so wantonly bestowed?". This leads me to the conclusion that the monster was keeping the family alive as they were the closest thing he had to a family and he had somehow become attached to them whilst watching them for a few months. Even though his feelings were "those of fear and revenge", he still did not quit his retreat and set fire to the cottage as he threatened to do and "glut" himself "with their shrieks and misery". However, this could be contrasted with the thought that the monster might just be saving their murder for a