In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the theme "Life at all Costs" is found widely throughout. Victor Frankenstein, a very intelligent scientist, becomes obsessed with creating life in order to stop death. His ultimate accomplishment is to construct a human being from the body parts of cadavers he unearthed in graveyards, evident when Shelley writes "Who shall conceive horrors of my secret toil as i dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?"(Shelley, 33). Due to this new drive inside of him, Victor quickly alienated his closest of family and even the woman he loved, Elizabeth. Although he meant no harm by this and had planned on reestablishing his connections with his family, this was quickly made impossible when the monster he had created started killing off the ones that Victor had loved. Victor later realized that creating life was a grave error and was haunted by his deed until he died, and furthermore, regretted and attempted as best he could to right his wrong. He proved this when the monster he had created asked him to construct another to be it's wife. Victor accepted, yet stopped and destroyed his work halfway through the the project proving that he had learned from his past mistakes.
In today's society, countless numbers of professional doctors and scientists of all different areas work together in order to find cures for life threatening diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and AIDS. All of these diseases take lives daily, motivating people across the nation to make an effort so stop them. Whether they are in their laboratory, operating in the emergency room, or raising money they all have the one main goal to stop these diseases from ending lives. Most of the time it seems like an unbeatable war, however I firmly believe, as do all those participating in beating these illnesses, that one day someone will make a breakthrough, while coincidentally saving and giving hope to millions of diagnosed patients across the world.
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You bring up a valid point in the first paragraph discussing the book, Jacob. However, I believe that doctors and scientists that dedicate their lives to curing diseases are wasting their time, as I believe the government keeps these cures from being released to the public in an attempt to curb the population growth, allowing people to die of such diseases as AIDS.
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