Frankenstein 2

READ Frankenstein 2: Vol I, Chp VI (p.51)- end of Vol II (p.101). To prepare for the debate, write a short essay (500 words or less) arguing either for OR against the innocence of the creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in light of the crimes he has committed. Refer to at least 2 specific quotes as examples.Is the creature a cold-blooded murderer, despite his intellect and the knowledge he has acquired? Or is the creature a product of a cruel society and the neglect of his creator? How should Dr. Frankenstein have responded? What is Dr. Frankenstein's responsibility to his creation?

There is much innocence in the monster. The monster was never brought up he just became. He has no sense of morals or intellegence that people learn as they grow older. He is completely new to the world and Vince brought him here. Vince should be the one who is to blame. He didnt know what he was getting himself into and then he deserted the monster and didnt keep tabs on him. He let the monster leave and didnt say anything to the town. He didnt even step up in trial and let someone else take the blame. He should have watched over the monster because he did not know what the monster was capable of.
Dr. Frankenstein should have said something, or asked for help. He is completely responsible for the creation and whatever the monster does. Its like a mother having a child and the child goes off and swears in front of the teacher. It is that mothers responsibility to fix it and make sure that the child does not do it again.
The monster approches the doctor one day and tells him " “remember, that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.” He was never given hope or a choice to be some science experiment. He wasnt given the real form of life. Once he became human, the doctor diserted him and he had no one to turn to. He had no one to teach him anything. He had to survive himself and all alone.

Frankenstein first read questions

READ Frankenstein 1: Preface (vii) – Vol I, Chp VI (p.51)BLOG 14: Write a letter to someone you know focusing on one of the themes in Walton's letters (like companionship and/or education or another you have identified from the reading). Reflect on your observations about the reading and refer to at least one quote from the novel.

Dear Jebree,
I am reading this book called Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The first letter that R. Walton wrote is about his adventure of his sail and his hopes and dreams of accomplishments. He talks about how he wants to sail a go wale fishing by renting a boat from a fisherman and getting a crew. He said he would rent by paying the insurance on the boat. He hopes that his dreams come true and if they do he said that it could be up to years before he sees his sister again. He has much determination and hopes in his life. He talks about all the education he had when he was younger. He mentions how he would stay up studding math and phlosophy.
He mentions that he wants to make discoveries that no one else has. He wants to know things that no one else knows. "I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man" (7). He wants to discover things and be the best he can. He has hopes to know things and be the first to do things. He has many dreams and seems very determind to accomplish them.

Frankenstein first read questions

READ Frankenstein 1: Preface (vii) – Vol I, Chp VI (p.51)BLOG 14: Write a letter to someone you know focusing on one of the themes in Walton's letters (like companionship and/or education or another you have identified from the reading). Reflect on your observations about the reading and refer to at least one quote from the novel.

Artist Statement Project 3

Person 1

i woke up dazed. i looked around me and saw that i was trapped in a tiny box, and then i looked around the room, and saw others just like me that were trapped in these tiny boxes all stacked up on top of each other. My heart began to thump and shock overwhelmed me. i started to panic and the next thing i knew was that i could not breathe anymore. i poked my nose out through the wire caging, and the cold material sent a shutter through my body. I tried to chew on the strange material, but i could not. It was too solid and cold that it hurt my teeth.

Person 2

The tests on the computer looked promising. I looked at tht data repeatedly as realization set in. The subject in cage one was having a positive effect from the drug dosage. According to the data, the caccine was eliminating the HIV that i injected in the subject's veins. The small dosage was attacking the HIV cells by the second.

Person 1

i spent the next three hours in complete fear. I could not remember how i had gotten into this cage, i did not know where i was, and confusion sent my mind in loops. I had been running around in the cage, bumping my head into the wires hoping that i could bust through. I ran into each possible corner and inch in my chamber.

Person 2

I was so excited. After three hours of injecting the subject with the vaccine, the HIV had completely vanished. KMy whole body was shaking with confidence. I had told my whole team about the sucess and now everyone was reeking with anticipation. There were many more tests to do to make sure that this really was the cure for HIV.

Person 1

The door opened and a human with a white lab coat walked into the room. The human approaced my cage. All my thoughts stood still as the human lifted the latch off the door and stuck its hand inside. I began to panic. I braced my whole body against the opposite end of the cage.

The thoughts in my head were screaming at me. I bent down and lunged for the human's hand. I sunk my teeth right into its finger. It did not even flinch. The human had rubber gloves on. He grabbed my neck as i kicked and squealed. I then felt a sharp pinch in my ass and my body went limp. I could not move: I thought I was paralyzed.

Person 2

As the subject was sprawled out across the table, I immediately noticed that the vaccine paralyzed the victime for a short period. I strapped some cords to its body to monitor its brain and heart activity I also stuck a small tube with a microscopic video camera attached to the end down the subject's throat to monitor the vaccine in progress.

Person 1

The next few hours wnt by in a daze. The human had injected my body twice and it felt like it was tearing my body apart. It burned and painfully ripped at every emotion i had. My body had started to throb and i got the shakes. The pain was so immense that I eventually ended up passing out. I awoke to the human grabbing my body and tossing me back in the cage as if I was a used paper napkin. Worthless. I ended up dieing in my cage that night, all alone and torn.

Person 2

The subject ended up dieing. I was unsure if the vaccine caused the subjec'ts death. I ended up injecting five more subjects to run more tests on. I really hope that the first subject was not just a miracle. I really hope that this was truly the cure for HIV. I needed to run as many tests as possible to find out all the reactions to the drug.

I decided to write a story from the point of view of a rabbit and the point of view of the lab tester. First person is the rabbit and second person is the scientist. The rabbit wakes up traped in a cage. It is scared and starts to panic. The human injects the rabbit with a vaccine that is supposed to cure HIV and the rabbit goes through pain and suffering. In the end of the story the rabbit dies.

The scientist thinks that he found the cure for HIV. He is soo excited that it worked on one of his subjects. He then tests it on another rabbit, the first person, and finds out that the rabbit dies. He doesnt know if it is from the vaccine. In the end he decides to try it on a bunch of rabbits. He needs to know if the tests are accurate.

I decided to write a story because I wanted people to see both point of views. The ethical perspective and the unethical perspective were played out in this story. I didnt really understand the assignment so it took me a lot of thinking to come up with this idea. I had to think of a way to present both ideas on animal testing and make sure it wasnt like an essay.

Out of the different types of mediums I could choose from, I thought that this would get my point across. At first I was just going to write a story in the rabbits voice. After thinking about it, i thought it would be more interesting to add the scientist's voice to the story. I chose to do stem sell research as a base point because I have always had neggitive views of it. There are other ways to test products insead of using animals. I think it is cruel and wrong. Thats why the bunny's voice is so strong.

I think it came out pretty well. I liked my story a lot. I like how I kept the creature a secret. When reading it, people dont know what the animal is. It never says that it is a rabbit. They could also think that it is another human. Its left up to the readers imagination.

If i had more time, I think i could have made the story a lot better. It could have been longer and more specific. I am still happy with it.

I want the audience to be aware that animal testing is cruel. These animals are being tortured and most die. Its wrong what they do. But there has been discoverys in doing it. If we could find the cure for HIV, then we need to do what we need to do in order to save peoples lives. I just wish there was another way that scientists would use instead of torture.

Shaun Slifer Questions

What draws you to this piece? What makes it compelling? What is your connection to this work? Be as specific as possible.
I was amazed at the "I've seen a lot of trees (but i've never seen a Redwood)" piece.
I was drawn to it because the tree is huge. It made me so interested that I even took time to go and look up a Redwood picture just to see the actual size. The circumference of the tree is remarkable. I have definitely never seen a tree trunk that large before. It kind of reminds me of a tree one would expect to see in the rain forest or some exquisite forest that I have never travled too. It also reminds me of those stories that you hear in the news about people hiking in these kinds of forests. They are soo large and intimidating that the hikers end up getting lost and sometimes die in the forest because they cant find their way back.
I dont really have a connection to this piece but I would love to go to these creepy forests. I am a Twilight series fan (if you know what that means) and i believe that the forest that the cullens live in is like the forest you would find these ginormous trees.

New Project 3 Idea

I have looked over your advice and now I have figured out what I am going to do.
I have decided to do a short story instead of a sculpture. The story is going to be about a rabit that gets tested on and experimented on. It will be in the point of view of the rabit. It will be about a scientist buying the rabit from the store then taking him back to the lab and doing all sorts of horrific things to the poor rabit. Everything will be in perspective of the rabbit so the audience will actually feel what the animal feels. The audience will hear the rabits thoughts, fears, and pains.

Project 3

I really have no idea what to do with this project. I'm actually confused on how I am supposed to relate this to ethics... I just have no idea.
I think the topic I am going to choose is stem cell research. I am going to choose this because I am actually in between on wheater it is ok or not. I am more nutural because I believe in its purpose but I also believe that the things that they are doing to the animals can be harmful. They may be in pain and I think that is wrong.
I think I will either do some sort of writing or a sculpture but I havent decided on how to do it so it gets a message across....