How to Take Responsibility for Your Newborn Monster
             Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we can see the very importance of taking care of one's newborn monster. Only through a magnificent atrocity, such as Victor Frankenstein's own murdering and rampaging monster, can Victor himself realize that he owes a huge amount of responsibility towards society. In the beginning of this novel Victor starts off with huge illusions of grandeur, which include his overwhelming desire to bring dead beings back to life. All that he can see is how his discoveries in this new field of science will help mankind. Victor Frankenstein neglects to realize that this monster could be an awesome burden on society as a whole. As the story unravels and the plot thickens, we see that the creator is startled and abhors his own creation. This has immense and overbearing consequences for not just Victor, but many other people as well. Mister Frankenstein shows us an initial lack of responsibility towards the human community, but later Victor shows us that he realizes his mistakes, and that he must take care of them. Towards Walton, our narrator, Victor Frankenstein shows us a great sense of responsibility right from the start. Victor's own sense of responsibility changes throughout the novel, and he is tested many times. His senses of duty, to the narrator and community, do indeed come into conflict with each other. Victor Frankenstein, after an initial lack of responsibility, shows us that he does indeed owe a great commitment towards the human society.
             As this novel starts, Victor Frankenstein is recanting his journeys and deeds to Walton, and Victor has already realized his responsibility towards the human community. He wants to tell Walton this story so he will learn a very important lesson. This is because Victor has seen that he does indeed need to show responsibility towards Walton, our na
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