THIS IS A REVISION OF JORNAL #2
http://classicalthoughtswithnewman.blogspot.com/2012/10/journal-entry-2-chapters-1-2.html

 In the beginning of this dramatic tale of rude awakening events of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, there is behavior which displays and ironic twist ironic that the family demonstrates from their various behaviors towards their society  of the late 1800's it appears, and themselves. They are self-reluctant to allow their children to ever go without their child's most dire wants and necessities of life, such as food, water, heat (they used wood as a common heat source). I definitely see a lot of examples of Romanticism through Victor's narrative, as the mysterious story teller shared his daunting history concerning his life and mishaps. The man vividly expresses his feelings of previous years, gratitude, and remorse as he shares how eccentric and childish his mind was along with the rare privileges given unto him from his parents unlike most other families of that time period. Previously, his family was poor and unable to prevent certain causes of death in thei family from innocent neglect of normal human cares. As far as gender is concerned, the parents wanted a girl to accompany their well-beloved son. Of course, you want to have a son so that the name is further carried on. Because of the parents' benevolent and rude misfortunes, particularly Caroline, who suffered emotional and dramatic trauma as a child, wished for their children to never go through the same fate as her. Obviously, the were part of a poor class supported by the rich, who seemed rude not lend a hand to the family in need. I feel somewhat melancholy for this family as no one should have to endure such hardships.

Ironically, this reminds one of the time of racial discrimination between the 1940's-1970's. African Americans were granted freedom according to the constitution and the laws of the United States as a whole. Yet the Jim Crow laws, which strictly went against the U.S. government's policies and laws guarenteeing every American citizen is rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and more, revoked African Americans these rights primarily in the south. Blacks were frowned upon and didn't like the presence of black obtaining any kind of authority or rights whites had; basically, whites wanted to be totally seperate from the blacks. The Ku Klux Klan was created out of hatred to destroy blacks, jews, and others not in their plans for totally white denomination.

     These attitudes causes my enjoyment and understanding of the novel to spark and understand the gist of the gist of the situation. It creates within me an emotional feeling that's of remorseful or sympathetic observation towards both children. The alchony expressed in this story line reveals an ironic twist when one ponders on the mind of the author and his theories of science and optimistic appeals in information, methods of mathematical, and science education, and literary tools and resources. The fact that the mystery man read books of Cornelius and such authors remains a mystery amongst his family and those who need "reasonable" sources of insight and information. Also, what also grasped my attention was how the parents demonstrated immense love, adoration, and charity in the midst of their own history and present condition of oppression and need. Of course, in this Romantic time period where there were altered classes in gender and race, the theme of chapters one-two suggested classicism through the eyes of the author as I depicted a scene of a homeless man in need, but has no where to turn because there aren't any willing "helping hands" around. Although Romanticism had spirituality ties to it, hypocrisy was suggested as dominant in this region.