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 This summer I travelled around Europe studying works of art with Mrs. Reitz, the world history teacher. Recently I began piecing together my portfolio for showcase and i ran across this image from the summer trip. This was a simple snap shot I took and didn't look back on, but when I ran across it a second time it made me think.  There is something so sweet and innocent about the little girl on her mothers back. I began dwelling on the unconditional love of parents. I know that my parents love me no matter what I do, and often i credit this to the fact that they created me. I began exploring this principle of love through creation in Merry Shelly's Frankenstein. 

So a creation is by definition "the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation  Of course my parents love me because they have watched me grow, but the fact that I am their creation increases those feelings and bond. So this makes me wonder why in Frankenstein is the monster not loved? Victor did create him and spend all this time and effort on him. Was it simply because he was ugly? So do appearances really matter so much as to cancel out that natural tendency of unconditional love? Obviously that love would no longer be considered unconditional. 

Granted this is not exactly a parent child relationship, monster and creator... but what could be any closer? The monster was created by Victor and you'd assume that some kind of platonic love of some kind would be present. The only time that Victor shows any parental instinct is when he takes responsibility and decides create a companion monster. This second creation is Victors attempt to fix his own problems, the monster in question. With that in mind no longer is the companion monster a sign of love and caring but rather Victors attempt at redemption. Victor is like a bad parent with selfish and  A really negligent parent.