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I Feel Sympathetic For The Monster In Frankenstein
I had felt very sympathetic for the monster in between chapters 5 and 6 but right at the end of chapter 6 is where I felt a little less sympathy and some antipathy. In chapter 5, the creation goes to talk to the old blind man asking for his help and to thank him for being a good person. It is until one of the young people walk in and kick him out. At this point I feel sympathetic for him because he didn't deserve to be kicked out, but then he makes the terrible choice of burning down their home (Chapter 5 pages 105-108). That is where I begin to feel antipathetic. In chapter 6, he tries to save a woman who fell in the pond... he then gets shot. Again, I feel sympathetic for the creation. Then again he takes out his anger the wrong way by killing
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