Frankenstein: The Classic Harry Potter
Frankenstein: The Classic Harry Potter
Harry Potter was a strange boy. He loved to do homework and could not wait for school. The strangest thing was that he was a wizard. And even for a wizard he was quite strange. At the beginning of Harry Potter’s journey, the young boy entered a strange new world so unlike his reality, he was utterly confused, but still filled with awe. By the end of his crossing, he entered an enlightened stage and as a result, became a hero to us all. Bizarrely, Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein in a way, abides by the same basic pattern. To many, the monster of Frankenstein became an abomination to the world. But for the few with just that correct perspective, he was something much more than a mistake. Soon you will see the lighter side of the monster, shown to you as a young boy entering the world of witchcraft and wizardry. In this essay, you will realize how a disfigured character like the monster of Frankenstein shares the qualities and follows the same pathway to enlightenment just as our hero Harry Potter did once before.
The monster of Frankenstein awoke into a strange new world terrified, confused and unknowing of all the wonders around him. Awaking into a mysterious new world, the monster soon understands he is abnormal and unusual compared to the typical man. Even from the eyes of his own creator he was a hideous mess.
I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world. (91)
Terror was filled in the heart of the creator. Even the inventor who had the power to produce such a man was worried of its presence in this world of his. But still this knowledge did not stop the monster from pursuing a life of his own. He himself knew he is capable of much more than mockery and ridicule. Just as Harry Potter did when he realized he was a...