This is an English book report on "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley Frankenstein The storyof Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man who created something that messes withnature, and nature came back to mess with him because nature is more powerful thanman. Victor Frankenstein was very interested in natural philosophy and chemistry andbasically tried to play G-d by creating life. When he found the secret of activating deadflesh, he created a superhuman being composed of rotted corpses. What he did wasconsidered unthinkable, and he was haunted by his own creation. When the monsterescaped, Frankenstein knew that he had to deal with the consequences of what themonster might do. Frankenstein received a letter one day which informed him of hisyounger brother William's murder, and immediately suspected that he was responsible,for he was the creator of the hideous monster. A friend of the family named JustineMoritz was the "presumed" murderer, and Frankenstein was determined to prove herinnocent. Circumstantial evidence, however, led the courts to believe Justine guilty,because found in her pocket was a photograph which had belonged to William. Justinehad been put to death, and Frankenstein had yet to find his creation. Finally, upon theirmeeting, the monster confessed to his creator of what he had been through, how he wasrejected by society, and finally, how he had come to kill William. When William hadrevealed his name to the monster, the monster immediately figured that by killing theyoung boy, he would have revenge on Frankenstein for giving him life. The monster didnot understand the concept of right and wrong and he especially didn't mean to killanybody. His expression of anger ended up being violent, even fatal to the victim, and itjust worked out that he killed people. As the monster's story continued, he demanded ofFrankenstein a female mate who he can be with until his end, and promised to live awayfrom society. Frankenstein, meanwhile, tried to restore the monster's demented mind sohe could live a normal life. Although at first Frankenstein agreed to create a friend for themonster, he changed his mind for fear that between the two of them, his life, as well asmany others, would be in danger. The creature wanted revenge, and so everythingimportant in Frankenstein's life ended up being destroyed, including his wife and bestfriend.

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