The Real Monster

          It is a well-known fact that scientific progress has become a normal part of everyone’s lives.  We hear news about new inventions and new discoveries about almost every day.  Our inexorable thirst for knowledge has indeed paid off.  But will we let this thirst lead us to the point wherein we will let go of all other values for the sole purpose of knowing more?

          Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a story about Doctor Frankenstein and his ultimate creation, the “Monster”.  The story showed the importance of morality in Science.  It showed that despite the fact that we really do want to know more, we must adhere to the limit God set for us or else the results will become disastrous.  The story implied that while, indeed, the “Monster” was the monster in the story, if we allow our thirst for knowledge to control us like in the case of Doctor Frankenstein and his fellow scientist, we become the real monsters in the process as we become ignorant of the dangers of getting outside the moral laws.  Morality, indeed, is playing a great role in Science; it helps us maintain peace and order and protects us from unnecessary dangers.  So, all scientists must adhere to morality for the betterment of the welfare of the people.  Isn't that even one of main purposes of Science?

          The “Monster” was probably made dumb so that it would appear more like a monster than it would have if it was speaking.  Also, it could have been made dumb so that there could be reason for his destructive tantrums and that is his lack of ability to express himself to other people.

-David Bryan Lao 2013-52731