Your mission is to come up with a creative title for Chapters 10 & 11.
Write the title out in quotations
Below the title, write out a justification for your choice -- be sure to pull from those chapters specifically in order to support your title completely.
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Danielle Andrews
“Take a Walk in My Shoes”
A perfect title for chapters ten and eleven would be, “Take a Walk in My Shoes.” This symbolic title is perfect for these chapters as it represents and describes how the monster was feeling as he told his story. From the beginning of the monsters tale it is evident that he was treated differently, struggled with his emotions and had to learn how to survive from scratch. When the monster asked Frankenstein to sit and listen to his story it was because the monster wanted Frankenstein to understand the pain he went through, because of his actions. The monster says, “It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate” (71). From the moment the monster was created he was abandoned. After reading these chapters it is evident that the entire time all the monster ever wanted was to fit in and feel and experience the emotions of humans. From the first time he experienced humans it became evident to him that he was different. During his first encounter with humans the man “turned on hearing a noise; and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields…” (73). This part of the story shows how the monster was treated and the pain he suffered and continued to suffer throughout the story. The beauty that I saw in this story was, even though he had some traumatic experiences he still continued to learn and interact with humans, although in the end he ended up despising humans.
“Take a Walk in My Shoes” is the perfect title because I truly believe the monster is telling this story to Frankenstein to make him understand the pain he endured. From the beginning of the story all we see is Frankenstein and his actions. Frankenstein also constantly talks about what terrible thing he has done by creating this monster, yet he does not take the time to actually get to know the monster and he does not take responsibility for his actions. It is also important to see that throughout the beginning of the book the monster is truly perceived as a monster in Frankenstein’s eyes, yet in these chapters we see the true side of the monster. The monster has emotions and feeling that I think Frankenstein did not consider. Frankenstein caused the monster so much pain, that by the monster telling his story he can have Frankenstein talk a walk in his shoes in order to truly understand the trauma and pain he caused to the monster. By the monster telling his story, it will hopefully allow Frankenstein to reflect upon his actions and the pain it has caused.
An appropriate title for chapter 12is "The Monster's Ghost". This title represents the monsters guilt for taking these people's food. He watches them during the winter and is moved by their kindness. He sees that the family he is watching is unhappy and very poor, and even though they do not have much they share it all. He sees their kindness to give up their own food for each other when he continues to thrive by stealing their food. He notices they are unhappy and it affects him. As the monster says "I lay on my straw, but could not sleep" (77), it shows his frustration with himself and soon comes to realize to "abstain" himself, for he feels its unfair to being so "accustomed, during the night, to steal part of their store for [his] own consumption" (78). So when he "found that in doing this [he] inflicted pain on the cottagers" (78)he stopped.
I think this is an importnant part in the story because the reader sees his kind heart. He even goes further into collect wood for the family. /he soon feels that he owes them and does the little he can to relieve them of their hardships.
This is also an appropriate title because his ghost could represent his shock and horror of how untamed and ugly he is. He admires the family and vows to be more like them, especially in learning their language. The ghost could represent his fear of himself. Although it does not say he is exactly scared he comes to understand the monster others tend to flee from, although that does not mean he is truly one at all.
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Danielle Andrews
“Take a Walk in My Shoes”
A perfect title for chapters ten and eleven would be, “Take a Walk in My Shoes.” This symbolic title is perfect for these chapters as it represents and describes how the monster was feeling as he told his story. From the beginning of the monsters tale it is evident that he was treated differently, struggled with his emotions and had to learn how to survive from scratch. When the monster asked Frankenstein to sit and listen to his story it was because the monster wanted Frankenstein to understand the pain he went through, because of his actions. The monster says, “It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate” (71). From the moment the monster was created he was abandoned. After reading these chapters it is evident that the entire time all the monster ever wanted was to fit in and feel and experience the emotions of humans. From the first time he experienced humans it became evident to him that he was different. During his first encounter with humans the man “turned on hearing a noise; and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields…” (73). This part of the story shows how the monster was treated and the pain he suffered and continued to suffer throughout the story. The beauty that I saw in this story was, even though he had some traumatic experiences he still continued to learn and interact with humans, although in the end he ended up despising humans.
“Take a Walk in My Shoes” is the perfect title because I truly believe the monster is telling this story to Frankenstein to make him understand the pain he endured. From the beginning of the story all we see is Frankenstein and his actions. Frankenstein also constantly talks about what terrible thing he has done by creating this monster, yet he does not take the time to actually get to know the monster and he does not take responsibility for his actions. It is also important to see that throughout the beginning of the book the monster is truly perceived as a monster in Frankenstein’s eyes, yet in these chapters we see the true side of the monster. The monster has emotions and feeling that I think Frankenstein did not consider. Frankenstein caused the monster so much pain, that by the monster telling his story he can have Frankenstein talk a walk in his shoes in order to truly understand the trauma and pain he caused to the monster. By the monster telling his story, it will hopefully allow Frankenstein to reflect upon his actions and the pain it has caused.
An appropriate title for chapter 12is "The Monster's Ghost". This title represents the monsters guilt for taking these people's food. He watches them during the winter and is moved by their kindness. He sees that the family he is watching is unhappy and very poor, and even though they do not have much they share it all. He sees their kindness to give up their own food for each other when he continues to thrive by stealing their food. He notices they are unhappy and it affects him. As the monster says "I lay on my straw, but could not sleep" (77), it shows his frustration with himself and soon comes to realize to "abstain" himself, for he feels its unfair to being so "accustomed, during the night, to steal part of their store for [his] own consumption" (78). So when he "found that in doing this [he] inflicted pain on the cottagers" (78)he stopped.
I think this is an importnant part in the story because the reader sees his kind heart. He even goes further into collect wood for the family. /he soon feels that he owes them and does the little he can to relieve them of their hardships.
This is also an appropriate title because his ghost could represent his shock and horror of how untamed and ugly he is. He admires the family and vows to be more like them, especially in learning their language. The ghost could represent his fear of himself. Although it does not say he is exactly scared he comes to understand the monster others tend to flee from, although that does not mean he is truly one at all.
Jaime Carens
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