Ignorance In Frankenstein

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Frankenstein Sean Saenz Period 1 5/21/11 ''Ignorance is bliss, and knowledge is pain.'' This statement’s truth is argued in Frankenstein. Victor decides to bring a creature to life and that is something that god is supposedly only to be able to do. Victor soon realizes what he has done is a horrible mistake. He must then deal with the consequences unable to tell anyone what has happened and who really killed his friends and family. Victor ventured seemingly too far into science providing more pain then any gratification, because some mysteries are not meant to be understood by man. When Victor could have easily saw his native town as his world and made a better place for himself there. Victor decides to go further into science after…show more content…
. . how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow." I think the creature made a good point instead of looking for more answers and knowledge outside your world a man would be much happier if he is content in where he is and pursues to make it a better environment. If Frankenstein had looked to his family and friends more, instead of his studies and work the outcome of his fate would have been quite different. Walton decides to take a different route as he says “The die is cast; I have consented to return if we are not destroyed. Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. It requires more philosophy than I possess to bear this injustice with patience.” He realizes he would rather have his life then new knowledge and takes safety over dangers of exploration. Unlike what Victor had decided to do. This book shows us what can happen to a person that gets too involved into one thing and what it can bring about. It shows what can happen to a man that holds greater attention to things that should not have more then his friends and family. In the end I think Victor realizes the truth, and that’s why he decides to tell Walton the whole story. To try to stop him from making the same mistake he had done. All in all I think these are all great ways Frankenstein argues and agrees with “knowledge is pain and ignorance is
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