Those that didn’t or couldn’t meet this unspoken standard were susceptible to bullying or ridicule. The more normal you appeared and acted, the more popular you were. Some would even boast about how they didn’t need medication. Students were looked upon by how “normal” they were. One message that rang true came from the bullying here.
However, the bullying continued even at this new school. I was considered different in a normal school setting. While it was powerful to finally know and understand this, it did not really drive the message to the students.īy the time I had started attending, I had already become accustomed to being bullied. Teachers here would tell us that people with our diagnoses often don’t get sarcasm and can have trouble interacting with others. For the first time I heard that poor social skills were a symptom of those on the Autism Spectrum. Our own views of our own disabilities, race, religion, sexuality, sex, and so many other things are formed from inside ourselves but influenced greatly from the outside as we mature.įor example I went to high school for a people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder and Asperger’s. Major social identity sets around the age of preschool or kindergarten from outside our families. There is a reason we trust more of what are friends think of us than our parents. We get much of our social identity from those on the outside: family, friends, teachers, etc. This allegory goes into everyday society because the question of nature v nurture is still very alive. Was Frankenstein’s creation a monster from the start or did he become one because of the way he was treated? The ultimate question of Nature vs. This leads to a major “chicken or the egg” type question. Suddenly, the creature is less of a monster to the reader and to Dr. But then a kind, blind man who could not even being to be frightened by the monster’s appearance, takes him in and teaches him to speak English. He grunts and groans in response to everything. There is a lack of mannerisms, language, and motor skills. The Frankenstein monster obviously does not appear or act as we imagine most humans do. The creature is treated for exactly what people see him as: a monster.
Every encounter the new lively creature comes upon is negative and wrought with fear. Frankenstein quickly regrets his decision to bring the dead back to life. Frankenstein’s monster from its beginning is considered an abomination. Frankenstein himself but to the Frankenstein monster. The Frankenstein effect does not happen to Dr. It’s what I like to call the Frankenstein effect. Frankenstein also demonstrates to us a bit about humanity and disability. It is inspired by Mary Shelley ‘s fear of where science was taking us and where the ethics of the situation are. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic staple in literary curricula. No one starts out as the monster we meet.