I believe that up until the murder of Elizabeth, the monster earns sympathy from the reader. Before that point the "monster" is seen by the reader as a creature trying to be human. He has to learn the basic survival skills; he knows virtually nothing. He especially hooks the readers sympathy in his want for companionship. He says that if he had a woman "monster to be his companion, the "gratification" would make him content (pg. 105) and that that would "free him from the misery [he] felt".

In the end, I do not think that the monster deserved sympathy from the reader. Initially, yes, the author intended for the reader to feel bad for the monster. He gave the monster lines such as "Have I not suffered enough" and portrayed the monster as heartbroken. However, toward the end of the book, the monster seemed less naive and he was shown as smart which meant that he knew what he was doing when he killed all of those people. The author is no longer portraying this sympathetic attitude. This is especially evident in the way that the monster warns Frankenstein that "[He] shall be with [Frankenstein] on [his] wedding night". This is no longer a heat of the moment attack, the monster is committing pre meditated murder. That is in no way earning sympathy.

I do not believe that Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist in the book. Victor does not have any consideration toward this "monster" that he created. The reader can clearly see this in chapter 10 when the monster speaks to Victor and says "Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than myself...Remember, I am thy creature...whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed". This makes Frankenstein look like the "bad guy" for putting his creature through so much pain and sadness.

I believe that the protagonist in the book is the monster. I think this because he tries to be a good person even though he hits a few speed bumps along the way. For example in chapter 10 the monster says, "do your duty to me and I will do mine to you and the rest of mankind." in saying this you can see that the monster is trying to do what is right, he just needs a little help.

I think in this section Victor is portrayed as more of a dreamer, and Henry is a doer. This is shown multiple times. Henry doesn't have all the opportunities that Victor does, but he fights to make things happen in his favor. "He had endeavored to persuade his father to permit him to accompany [Victor], and to become [his] fellow student; but in vain. p.25" Yet later Victor gets himself through school. Henry on the other hand is allowed to go to college and dreams up this great idea to bring the dead to life, but when he does he is afraid of what he's done. His dreams should have stayed dreams. It is also shown that Henry is just a dreamer when he talks about how he wants to go visit his family; but he doesn't.

I thought these two chapters revealed the differences in Henry and Victor. Henry is very loyal. A lot of time has passed and he hasn't seen Victor, yet Henry spends months nursing him back to health even though Victor completely abandoned his family and friends ("Two years passed in this matter, during which I paid no visit to Geneva" p.29) I think this brings up a theme of loyalty. This is also shown in the way that Victor abandons his monster after saying he was "Beautiful! p.35"

I think that the media can be both positive and negaitve. On one hand people wanna be like what they see on TV so they could end up hurting themselves and other people. But on the other hand films could show people how people in other countries who are less fortunate live and encourage them to do something to make a change. So it could be either.