Frankenstein

The popular culture view of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein demonstrates the degeneration of society that has been gaining speed for the past several decades. The only information drawn from the story is from the horrific instances related to the monster rather than taking the merit offered through Shelley's composition. The message trying to be passed can still be done even if the recited story is taken out of context from the book but the recitation tends to have the monster's tale embellished to the point where he is only meant to convey fear in the recipient of the story. The commonly known, misinterpreted version of the story goes something like this: Evil scientist creates monster from assembled corpses and the monster begins to wreak havoc on the town until a mob of townspeople end his life. This rendition is solely to appease the interests of the majority that would find reading a relatively short novel too much work. I know I am not the first person to show discomfort with this but it still needs to be said. The monster's name is not Frankenstein either, he doesn't have a name.