Chivlary in the Medieval Times

After reading the different stories of knights, chivlary, and Medieval romance, I have come to enjoy every minute of it! The "knight in shining armor," the men who look past what a woman may appear to be on the outside and look what is deep underneath that, that is what we need to bring back to out time! My favorite story that we have read in class so far is "Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell". This story proved how brave and respectful of a knight Gawain was in order to save his uncle, King Arthur. These stories are very interesting to finally get a grasp of what romance and nobleness was like during this time period. After everything I have read, the one very important thing I have learned is that chivalry should never die...making it last forever will be forever appreciated to every woman alive!

Book Cover #3

In my opinion, after looking at all 4 book covers, I believe that the one that represents the story the best is the third one. I think this because the cover is a picture of a young boy, who at first glance you can tell is very different from the rest of the children his age. Just like Ben was. The cover of the boy makes you wonder why he seems to be so different, and represents Ben very well. Many people were afraid of him, many didn't understand why he looked the way he did, and the cover also shows the fearful image of what Ben could have looked like on the outside. Even though on the inside he was the same average child, his body structure and outside figure made people realize that maybe he isn't the same as everyone else after all, even before being born. "By the time she was there, there were strong wrenching pains, worse, she knew, than ever in the past. The baby seemed to be fighting its way out. She was bruised-she knew it; inside she must be one enormous black bruise...and no one would ever know" (Lessing 48). The cover kind of gives you a foreshadowing effect for what events are going to occur in the novel.

Frankenstein!

Wow. That is all I have to say! The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley has many different surprises in it! Shelley definitely wrote a fantastic novel. Her description of how intense Victor's determination was to finish his creation had a very powerful influence on the reader. All the hours he put in, all the commitment that he needed to have, allowed the reader to see what kind of character Victor really was. When the monster becomes alive however, I was very shocked to see that Victor's first reaction was to run away from it. My first guess would have been that Mary Shelley would have had Victor feeling ecstatic and that he had achieved greatness. However Victor realizes that as soon as the monster is created that he may have made a terrible mistake.
Another part in the novel that I absolutely loved reading about was the conflict on whether or not Victor should create a partner for the monster. The conversations he had back and forth with the creature made the reader very unaware of what Victor's decision was going to be. It was very interesting reading all the thoughts and consequences Victor had to run through his head before he made his decision. Overall Mary Shelley's novel so far is amazing!!