Frankenstein

I once read a book about Ethics and Science in a library and although I cannot fully understand all the technical terms, I understand the point and the purpose why that book was written.

I will get this straight, morality should be above science. Morality discusses what is right and what is wrong. Science discusses what is true and what is not. But just because something is true does not mean it is right. Just because Frankenstein can prove that he can truly make an artificial human does not mean getting body parts from someone else is right. There should always be morality in all things; otherwise people won’t know their limits. Even science has limits, even knowledge has.

Frankenstein’s procedures in creating an artificial human in the book are unknown whereas he used criminal corpses in the movie. The procedures are masked in the book while it is overt in the movie. Either way, this literary piece pointed out that when science is placed above morality, a monster will grow in our own selves and it will devour our sense of life.

The monster in the movie is made dumb, while it can read and write in the book. I think the reason why the filmmakers made it dumb is because of the audience. The audience would much believe it if a monster is dumb, a gigantic being who is dumb, and a big-headed terrible giant that is dumb. People won’t buy it if the monster is literate especially in the time it was shown, and it worked. The movie became a little funny because of the inability of the monster to say at least a word after he was created. Although, it’s not a good thing for me because it is not right to laugh at someone who is illiterate. It is not right to discriminate someone just because of appearance. Maybe the filmmakers are only thinking of box-office in making the monster dumb, but it is an absurd thing for me. They took away the literacy of Frankenstein’s monster in the book. They took away something from someone. And it is not only against the author of the book—it is also immoral.

Keanne Samar, 2013-16445