People do not have "power in numbers" when taking interest groups into consideration. Yes they may bring people together, but what happens with the money that is given to the interest groups PACs and at the state capital when lobbyists are in negotiations? Do the groups really do what their told by their members? In certain states, like California, people are required to join certain unions and pay membership fees. Some of these members may not have the same view as the Union does. This lessens the amount of power an individual has because their views will be set aside for the common cause within an interest group. This may not happen all of the time, but it does happen. This can be considered by some as an infringement on a persons freedom to vote and speech.

They may serve as a megaphone for people's interest sometimes, but many times there are private agendas involved. It is ideal in definition, but due to the human need for power the groups are quickly turned to corruption. Many times, like the violent protests in Wisconsin by the teacher unions against the Republican state legislatures, the large specific interest groups can outweigh the minority's view point. This in turn creates an uneven democracy where the majority rules. This limits the representation of the minority in the government because of the power and influence that large interest groups have in the federal legislature.

Interest groups are also detrimental to the government because of lobbying. ACORN is an example of the negative effects of lobbying because it is a tax-payer money run group that takes personal interest in the government. This over powerful "non-profit" organization uses its lobbyists to influence the vote of several different issues. This group even had help from President Obama in the 1990s. They want mass distribution of wealth which can be detrimental to the government because it is a socialist based government control. This group is an extremist interest groups.

Interest groups are detrimental to politics and the American government because they allocate corruption in the election process. Groups such as National Education provide workers to campaigns to help spread the word of the candidate if they support legislation that the group supports. The interest groups use this power and their resources to help influence the democratic process. Super PACs have also been major detrimental influences to the democratic process. Not only do they use their views to gain support of the candidate, but they provide immense amounts of money to the candidate of their choice. This creates an unfair advantage for that candidate because the more money he has the better chance he has to win the election because the campaign resources to spread the word of the campaign. As this link shows there is an advantage to having support spending.

The most substantial argument is that "grief became too much for his weakened mind" (aternate). Dr. Frankenstein not only deserves sympathy for his anguish, but also his exasperated core being. Dr. Frankenstein endured such abhorrent treatment from the monster he questioned the value of his life. Victor inquires, "Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest?" (181). The anguish he faced drove him to conclude that death was the exclusive terminal end to his life. He had become so enthralled with the angst of the beast that he began to only witness "images that floated before" him that were only blurry and abnormal (182). His madness also allocated "groans and cries" to ring in his ears (187). This madness is immoral to wish of force upon an individual. Frankenstein desires only death, an ideal that should not be acted upon.

The apprehension of Dr. Frankenstein hold towards his impending doom allocates a deeper sympathy towards him than the monster. On the night after his wedding Victor "passed a hour in [a] state of mind" (197) that was delivered upon Victor on "this night [which] is dreadful, very dreadful" (197). The monster ushers this frightened state of mind with his assurance that Victor's "hours will pass in dread in misery" (172). The death of his companion, brought by this misery, led to the eternal solitude Victor faced. Dr. Frankenstein receives a deeper sympathy; the pain caused by the monster led him to believe only "death will extinguish these throbbing and relieve [him] from the mighty weight of anguish" (184). No man deserves to only desire death as an escape from pain. Victor held this eternal misery because he refused to "create a companion for the first creature" (217) due to his high moral standards. This enhances the sympathy towards Victor because it reveals his admirable ethics. The monster, on the other hand, does not deserve equal admiration and compassion because he was "the instrument of future mischief" (221). The monster clutched revenge as a way to find happiness, but it ended in his demise. The pain and suffering the monster endured was no ones intention, like the revenge and death that plagued Victor. The monster was the creator of his own anguish.

It is interesting that personal responsibility is the drive that forces Victor to "create a female for" him because he denies this responsibility to protect human kind, as you have said, in chapter 20 (150). Victor finds that "even if they were to leave Europe and inhabit the deserts of the new world one of the first results... would be children" (170). Victor, throughout "Frankenstein," has to decide what his personal responsibility is and he deems the protection of the human race as the most important. He discounts his responsibility to his creation to ensure the safety of all people. In the midst of his moral dilemma, Victor was "struck senseless by his fiendish threats," but he defeated the extreme pressure of further procreation (170).

The monster not only shows an indignant tone towards Frankenstein, but also a pining tone towards his creator. He wonders, "Who was [he]? what [he was]? Whence did [he] come?" (135). He wanted answers that only his creator could give him. The monster desired, longed for a reason that he was such a "hideous" creature with "stature gigantic" (135). He wanted the attention that his creator was not able to present and that is why he "remain[ed] a few minutes before the fire" with father De Lacy (138).

When speaking to the old man in the De Lacy house the monster expresses his grievances of how people treat him. The monster states: "They are kind - they are most excellent creatures in the world; but unfortunately they are prejudiced against me. I have good dispositions... but a fatal prejudiced clouds their eyes" (139). This expresses a comforting tone towards the monster from himself. He defends his actions and persona because he feels that he is a good person. He wants people to feel that he is a good being, not based on looks but on "dispositions" (139). This passage also reveals a judgmental tone of human kind towards the monster. The humans that he has encountered have only put him down because of his physical looks. They place judgement on him without learning about his character. This illuminates the human condition to pass judgement too soon. It becomes a common theme throughout the book based upon these judgmental tones.

Victor does run in fear of his creation, leaving the monster to learn how to love and have kindness on his own. Victor on remembering his guilt states that he "spurred on [his] animal, striving so to forget the world, [his] fears and more than all, [himself]" (102). Victor is not just running from guilt but fear itself. The monster has taken revenge on his creator after feeling the "accumulation of anguish" (106) of the time spent in abandonment. Victor deserves the torment because he does not give his creation the attention or respect that his "dream of pleasure" (131) allotted him when living in the hovel.