#chadlesnake

Nature has a fascinating effect on people. Through it’s beauty it heals the hearts of those who gaze upon it. In Frankenstein, Victor visits a multitude of beautiful places as a way to escape from the dangers he faces with his creation back home. Nature brings peace and healing to his troubled heart. In the novel, Mary Shelley uses nature not only for the ideals of peace and serenity, but also for dread and despair, as seen in the scenes with ice. The ice represents the ambition of Walton and Frankenstein. They both were naive in their thinking which led them to be trapped in the ice. In this way nature had an opposite effect on them, replacing the warm and more enjoyable feelings with that of hopelessness. Sublime nature exists in real life. The feeling of being in God’s creation makes me want to be in it more and experience the joys it has to offer. Going to Colorado made me feel the same way. Taking in the fresh, cool air while hiking through trees and snow made me feel at peace. Nature does almost miraculous things to those who are in it, bringing both positive and negative effects, as explained by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein.

Chadley is born a monster but not a murderer. Neglect and abandonment leaves him with anger and sin, sin we all bear from birth. Chadley descends into madness, full of hate for his creator and all of humanity. Although we are all born with inherited sin, it is nurturing that either leads us away, or towards that sin. Chad is born rejected by his creator, by the one who is put there to love him, and by all those who see him. Because of this isolation, he is inevitably changed into a murderer. However, his whole outcome was not inevitable. If Victor had raised Chadley the proper way, and if society had treated him like a normal human being he would have turned out better. Since Chad was rejected at birth, he practically started out in the dark side, but Victor refusing to make him a wife and the De Lacey family turning away from him were two of the more impactful moments that caused Chadley to be filled with hatred. Even though he ultimately turns into a mass murderer, I still feel sympathy for him. He went through some tough times and there never was that figure in his life to lead him to be better. Chadley was never given the chance to be better and because of this he ultimately descended into hatred that could have easily been prevented if he was given a little love.

Victor Frankenstein made a monster (Chadley for our sake), a horrible, ugly, yellowed skinned monster, but it was his monster. Victor had a moral and ethical responsibility to take care of his creation and do what was best for him. Chadley was alive as Victor said. Chadley had a life. Just because he was not the most handsome perfect creation that Victor imagined (I beg to differ), he still should have fathered him and raised him up. Just like any child, the parent should do what is best and nurture them with a parental love. In a way, we are all our parents' little creations and just like my parents did for me, Victor should have done for Chadley. He should not have destroyed him but should have tried to raise him to know what is right and wrong, that murder is unacceptable, and how to act in a proper manner. Just like a parent and their child, Victor should have nurtured Chadley in order to prepare him for the nurturing society provides. He should have helped integrate his creation into society. If Victor would have raised Chadley the proper way, Chadley would most likely have acted like a normal person, not one full of anger and murderous tendencies. Victor had a huge part in the making of the murderer Chadley became. He didn’t have that parental figure to tell him what was the right thing to do and acted out of his own emotions, anger. Chadley just wanted to be loved but Victor was too afraid to treat him right. If Victor would have treated Chadley with the gosh dang respect he deserved instead of treating him like a disgusting beast, Chadley would most likely have turned out far better than he did. Victor practically treated him like a murderer even before he was one. With the right care and love, Victor’s monster could have just been a normal person.