Unit 2 HTRLLAP
By Rinith Prasad 2nd period
Chapter 21
People who enter battle usually come out with scarring and lots of pain, both mental and physical. These scars represent their bravery and pride, so they cherish them forever, keeping them as battle scars. Similarly, authors give their main characters a scar to show some sort of significance to the character's past which will come up in the future. In the literary work Harry Potter, made by JK Rowling, Harry Potter’s scar represents his past with Lord Voldemort. The scar shows his connection to his past and how his future will be affected. When Dumbledore placed young Harry on the doorstep of his Aunt Petunia’s house, he said that his life will be changed forever. What Dumbledore meant by that was that his life will never be the same was that Harry will always be taunted with that scar. In the ending of the last book he touched the scar one last time and said that it had not hurt for over 20 years. All was well. This shows his scar is a memory of his struggle. Everyone judged Harry for the scar. This scar theory can also be seen in Frankenstein. The creature was judged by everyone because of his scars. The judging shaped his life and caused people to have an aversion towards him. The scars on the creature symbolized the pain he had to go through and the burden he kept forever. No one would accept him anywhere.
Chapter 22
Blindness in a work of literature can represent naivety and innocence. When one cannot see something, it is known as very naive and easy to be messed with. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, a character called De Lacey is blind. Shelly shows that since De Lacey cannot see anyone, he does not see how they are judging him, therefore living a better life. De Lacey represents hope for humanity. He sympathizes with the monster's unhappiness, telling him not to despair. The blindness helps for the theme of the piece by adding a layer of warm happiness compared to the cold despair felt by the creature. It is a direct juxtaposition.
Chapter 23 & 24
In the book Howards End, Leonard Bast unknowingly suffers from heart disease throughout the novel and, at the end, dies of a heart attack. The heart disease symbolized a sort of new, 20th century, industrialized and imperialistic England that really seemed to lack “hearts”; and Leonard’s life, towards the end of the novel, in quite stressful, miserable, and loveless. The fact that the bookshelf falls on Leonard is very ironic because Leonard, who was a lower-class cockney who longs for culture, read a great deal in a futile attempt to improve himself and move upward in society.
Chapter 25
When Victor Frankenstein first makes the monster, many different opposing opinions were seen. We as readers have our own standing opinion whether what Victor did was morally correct or not. As readers in the 21st century, our viewpoint is very varied. The beauty of science and the role of god are the two crucial roles that we must look at. In the time of the writing of this novel, there could be only one argument and that would be how terrible it was that a man could think that he had the right to try the role of and try to create life, but now, we must take into consideration the value of science over the value of morals.