Change in Frankenstein

Change is the transformation or alteration of something. The idea of change can be applied to anything. In literature, we watch stories and characters undergo change, and learn from their transformation. What makes a character change are his or her environment, personal conflict, and the people he or she interacts with. Victor Frankenstein, before immersing himself in the science world, was a young man who was uncorrupted by knowledge. However, once he grabbed hold of the idea of creating a living being, he changed dramatically and became obsessed with his work, and cut himself off from the world. All Frankenstein could think about was succeeding in his experiment, and he worked nonstop to accomplish his creature. At the time, he did not realize how desolate his state was, because he lived in the moment. Every minute he spent on his creature soaked life out of him as he grew weaker and less conscious of his own well being. The change Frankenstein exhibits results from his strive to accomplish the impossible, and his yearning for success made him obsess over accumulation of knowledge, which made him disregard his health and social life. However, Frankenstein never acknowledges his drastic change until he retells his story to Walton. The fact that he recognized a difference in himself shows that he awakened from his strange state, and will never take the same road again in his life.