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SUBLIME

Sublime is a beautiful place with excellence and gives you inspiration and awe. Victor feels warmth from nature and the views of the mountains he sees. Nature helps Victor's mind rest and be free and it also gives him time to think about the important things going on. It helps him not worry about any other bad things going on in his life. The sight gives him better memories than the events he's going through at that time period. Taking that break allowed him time to think about his creation and what to do about making a mate. A Sublime nature place for me is the beach. It gives me time to relax, have fun, and stress less. Sublime nature doesn't always have to mean taking a break and doing nothing. A lot of the time relaxation doesn't always help me. Doing fun and entertaining activities helps me take my mind off of things. Some of my favorite things that help take my mind off of my stress is playing volleyball, baking, painting, and playing games/ sports outside with my family or friends. These activities make me think about other things than what is going wrong in my life. One of my favorite trips I've taken with my family was to Destin, Florida. On vacation there it helped me relax and have fun, playing games in the water and on the beach, and then going to eat somewhere cool and fun and then going shopping, I love shopping. This time helped me regroup and enjoy time with God's handiwork and my family.

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THE DARK SIDE

The creature designed by Victor Frankenstein, started out as a good person until rejection, abandonment, and isolation scarred him. The Monster was born into a society that he knew nothing about. Victor left his creation from fear and the Monster, Chadley was left by himself to learn to live, eat, and talk. There are many instances of rejection Chadley had faced. One example is being rejected by all human beings. Each person who saw him was startled by his hideous appearance and sprinted away from the terrifying monster. Deep down this hurt Chadley's heart . His loneliness and sadness built up and turned into murder. His power and strength led to choking William Frankenstein, Victor's brother. Another example of rejection is made by Victor. Victor rejects Chadleys wants, which angers him and causes him to become more murderous and more of a monster. Abandonment and isolation are also shown in those two examples. Victor leaving Chadley is an example of abandonment and chadley being rejected by other humans is an example of isolation. A difficult question faced in this novel is, could Chadley becoming eternally hatred be inevitable or avoided. On one hand Chadley states he will leave everyone alone once set free with his mate but on the other side he could be lying and end up murdering more and more people. I believe all of his murders could’ve been avoided because of his behavior in the beginning, because he started out being nice and just wanting to be with people but then dealing with everyones elses behavior made his personality turn.

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ETHICAL DILEMMA

An Ethical Dilemma is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which result in violating a moral principle. Victor in the novel Frankenstein needs to make a huge decision about whether or no to make the creature another mate. The monster tries to make Victor sympathetic towards him by telling him his stories when he is first created. The creature talks about how he was lonely and had no father and no food. The creature suggests that Victor could make a mate for him and he will go his own way and won’t hurt anyone else but if the mate is not created he will continue to murder other people. Victor goes through many ideas of what could come out of this dilemma both the good and bad sides. On the good side, the creature will not murder anymore and will go live in a forest around no one else so no one sees or interacts with him. On the bad side, the two creatures could have children and make a whole new society of monsters which could eventually over power the world. Another, bad thing is the monster could have lied and he and his mate could continue to kill and take over the world together. All these thoughts ran through my head too, but I think Victor should have made his mate because if he didn’t then very bad things could occur like murder of family and friends. Overall he didn't make a bad choice but I believe he should have made him one mate. The monster at the end of the book was depressed and wept alongside Victor's death bed. Due to the reaction the monster has, I think the monster was not lying and wouldn't have lied to his father and that’s why I think Victor should have made a mate for the creature.

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DO YOU EVEN CLONE, BRO?

 Bioethics is made up of two words, Biology and Ethics. Biology is the study of living organisms and ethics is what's right and wrong, moral duty and obligation. These two words make the definition of Bioethics, a discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research and applications especially in medicine. Some topics that are related to Bioethics are Cloning, Designer Babies,Genetic Engineering, and Stem-cell Research. Cloning is the ability to create a living organism such as an animal or human. This technology can be dangerous to the world. People can make humans that end up stronger, taller, and more powerful than everyone else so that they get their way and the whole world would change. Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should use it. It will cause great problems in our world. I believe that scientist should not pursue human cloning. You never know what other people are thinking, they could create a new whole society so then their beliefs are on the stronger side. An example is, right now is the presidential election which is causing many arguments with the two sides, republican and the democrats. The democrats could be on the weaker side and so their thought could be to clone new democrats and raise them into their own beliefs so in the future their side of the election wins. Therefore, you can now understand what might really happen if cloning humans is acted on. It could change and ruin our entire society.

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ROLE OF PARENTS

Victor is a smart and intelligent man who created a creature who turned out to be a monster. The creature is described to have yellowish skin, he is about 8 feet tall, hideously ugly, with black hair and black lips. Victor was terrified of him and ran away and hid from him. Do you think Victor should have stayed and raised him and taught him how to act or should have destroyed him? I believe Victor is responsible for him, he should have stayed and taught the creature, and not only does the monster look scary, he is dangerous too. Frankenstein is never taught how to do anything it's like he was born but as an adult but no one helped him. Victor had many roles he should have done such as being his father. Victor could’ve destroyed him but he didn't and I probably wouldn't of either. Victor put in so much work on this monster that destroying it meant all that time went to waste. Victor could have nurtured him, raised him, and taught him, but instead he fled. Ways Victor could have helped the monster was by locking him up till he learned and then slowly letting the creator be freer and integrate into the world and society. Victor is highly blamed for the creature becoming a murderer because he built him and let him free with no rules and no education about the world. Going on from my last blog post, I talked about how parents are responsible for their child. That's how Victor should’ve been. He is the father of the creature and shouldn’t have left him. Therefore, in conclusion, Victor made a big mistake about fleeing, he was responsible for the murders because let the creature go free with no knowledge of what’s right and what’s wrong.

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TABULA RASA

Tabula rasa is an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals, such as a clean slate. When people are born they might consider that, you have a clean slate. That is true because you haven't done anything in your life, yet, you are also born into a family who doesn't  have a clean slate because they have been alive since their beginning. To me a clean slate is starting new/ restarting, like taking a break, or rethinking. Nurture and nature are two different ways people are shaped. Nurture is your experiences, environment, learned behaviors, and how you are raised, and nature is your genes, hormones and inherited traits. I believe that what shapes you more is nurture, an example of that is, your parents teaching you about Christianity. Christianity shapes your life and it's not genes or inherited traits, it's what you're taught and believe. Therefore nurture shapes a person more. Every child needs mothering, it doesn't always have to be their biological mother, it can even be a man like your father. Children need mothering because they need to learn how life works and learn how to do simple tasks such as tying their shoes, sharing their toys, or even learning how to obey and listen to someone. I believe it's the parents job to nurture the children rather than the society. If parents aren't available for the child or aren't in their life then yes, the society needs to help those children in need, but if the parents are around then they should be in charge of nurturing their own children. Going along with that, each parent has jobs they need to do to be able to raise a good and loving child. Every parent should love their child unconditionally no matter the way they look or act. The Bible says “ You shall love your neighbor as yourself”. Everyone should love one another even if they are different from them. In conclusion when children are born they need help being taught how to do their job in the world, by loving parents who love them no matter what. 

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