Essay about The Lack of Family Ties in Frankenstein

If there was ever a story advocating the fair treatment of children, it is the tale of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is to blame for his child’s poor behavior. Frankenstein, like many other soon-to-be-parents, irrationally sought to create life, without any conceptualization of the work it would be to rear the child. From the birth of baby, Victor refuses positive nurture of his toddler in favor of friends and his own selfish needs; his unreasonable expectations for baby, give cause to his distance from baby, he ultimately dooms his own child to a life of crime and misfortune. Immediately after the delivery, Victor catches the baby blues, and feels overwhelmed by the situation he has rendered himself with. Birth,†¦show more content†¦Victor allows his child to experience the reanimation process deserted of a guiding hand from his father. Victor neglects his child for his own selfish need for lethargic rest by passing out on his bed; a child has no choice but to imitate such unhealthy behavior from a parent. Frankenstein is human, but this amount of bad parenting in only one night, can only serve to derange the mind of Victor’s young child. Victor’s child, by no small miracle manages to gain control of his motor skills with enough sense to seek out his father. After having ignored his young ward during his first stages of life, Victor dodges his virtuous adolescent’s petition for a tender embrace. Before this nursling is more than a complete night old, his father has, through actions, shown him the disdainful nature of the world in which he has shunned him into. Hardly old enough to realize what consciousness is, this child minded man-boy is expected to cope with the hardships laid upon him. 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