Education Of a Man and a Monster

In the book Frankenstein Victor who is a man who is a scientist who found a creature and taught himself all these things he needed to know. As the book went on as he was traveling he states to him self “How dangerous is the acquitement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspire to become greater than his nature will allow” (Shelley 31). The significance of this quote simply signifies that acuquiring knowledge was a dangerous thing in their native land. This quote to me reminds me of our society in the 21st century we as human beings when we acquire knowledge we think too highly of our selves which causes dangerment to those who want to seek the knowledge of those who already has the knowledge given or learned by someone or something. “Alas! Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute...” (Shelley 64) This quote also allows us as the readers to know that society plays a big role in to a lot of things. As the monster speaks about man and how society changes people it allows him to realize that society falls for thirst of knowledge but in remberance how it is that man want to gain knowledge that may be bad for him. Victor taught himself but as he was teaching himself he seen that this monster wanted to learn as well so he says “I see by your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express,listen patiently until the end of my story and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject..Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example.” (Shelley 31) He allows this monster to know that to him learning something is not bad its just the way you learn and accept things and at the end of the day its up to the monster to use that knowledge and put it to use of something weather good or bad but also in the process of this creature learning Victor tells him to learn by his mistakes not to make the same mistakes as he.