Frankenstein

Right now in class we started reading Frankenstein. I was impressed and excited to actually be there when my co-op began a new novel. We finished "The Lottery and A Worn Path," both short stories with the daily class that meets everyday. So far we did a chapter a day, and for homework they had four more chapters to read by Monday. Every chapter began in a circle discussion. Frankenstein could have been Mary Shelley's memoir in a way because of all the similar things she adds to the book such as the name "William," who is Victors youngest brother and in real life, Mary Shelleys son's name who died. Just in chapter one, the similarites and time period references of people Shelley adds is incredible. None of my teachers ever went this in depth with Frankenstein when I read it. To relat it to something current my co-op introduced "secret scoieties that have a lot of power in UVA (University of Virginia but are working with other secret societies from Yale, and Princeston. Secret societies are hand picked and some of our most powerful people in government come from these secret societies. My co-op showed pics of the markings that have their imprints all over the campus.

Here are some.

Here above is one that is fighting for power. Whose is best. The reason why these came up is because people thought they don't exist anymore, but they still do and characters from the book that are related to Mary Shelleys friends or family members. Interested topic to discuss in the class.