The novel
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is the story of how an irresponsible
scientist named Victor Frankenstein brings a creature to life
without considering all the repercussions that may occur. Victor
was not prepared to face any challenges that came along with
creating new life and he failed to meet any of his creatures needs.
Throughout the entire novel, the creature was given a negative
connotation, but the reality of the situation was the creature is
the victim despite any of the sinister actions that took place. The
creature in Mary Shelleys
Frankensteinlacks the social acceptance required to prosper as
a functional member of society. Societal standards of beauty create
a one-sided opinion in which the creature is viewed. From
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Humansare social
creatures and for one to be isolated will lead to major
developmental delays. Furthermore, isolation greatly impacts ones
mentally and will lead to anxiety, depression as well as psychosis
as found in Harry Harlows study, which was deemed inhuman due to
the extensive damage induced, on the mentality of the primates. As
found with the case study on Genie Wiley, a girl that was locked in
her bedroom for the first thirteen years of her life without
contact to the outside world, once a person is isolated the person
cannot regain the basic development factors necessary to become a
functional member of society. There is also a self-fulfilling
prophecy that comes along with identifying oneself. According to a
study at Pace University on gang members, the reason they are so
violent is that the members of the gang feel the need to fill the
image in which they are given. Also, Charles Horton Cooley found
that peoples identity is shaped based off of how others perceive
them. Maslows hierarchy of needs highlights the specific
developmental factors a person has to go through within their life.
According to
Abraham
Maslow, social acceptance is the third stage of life a person
has to reach at least one in their lifetime in order to fully
develop. Although one can skip a level on the pyramid of hierarchy
they will eventually have to return to the missing step in their
lifetime, but if a person is denied
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