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Burgan, M., Callero, D. (2008). Mary shelley’s frankenstein. Minnesota: Stone arch Books. ISBN 978-1-59889-830-9. $6.95.
The book Frankenstein is a gothic science fiction novel about a young man Victor Frankenstein, who desires to become a great scientist by perfecting human existence and in his zeal, goes too far and creates a monster that he cannot control. The monster goes on a journey leaving death and destruction in his path. Victor must find the monster and destroy him before it is too late. This book was written in the nineteenth century by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797 -1851, and is retold by Michael Burgan as a graphic novel.
Can a human being be brought back to life after he has been dead long enough for decomposition to set in? Who are we? Where do we come from? And what are we really made of? Those are just a few questions I’m sure Victor Frankenstein asked himself time and time again until one day he determined to find the answers. The story Frankenstein begins somewhere near the Arctic Circle where Captain Robert Walton and his seamen and their ship are trapped on the ice. While there they see what seems to be unreal, a creature of some sorts was traveling through the night and a half dead man chasing behind him. Captain Walton and his men rescue the half dead man. He is revived and begins to tell a story so fantastic that you would have to see it to believe it. Unlike the original version that had no illustrations, the graphic novel tends to take away the mystery of your imagination. However, Burgan stayed true to the story line therefore I think the graphic novel was very well written and lends itself to an even wider reader base. I would recommend this book for readers 14 years old and above.
After reading Frankenstein I remembered a book I read called The Adoration of Jenna Fox. It is a story about a teenage girl who died in an automobile accident and after death her parents brought her back to life not considering all of the drama she went through after discovering that she was only ten percent. Books of this nature even through science fiction have good arguments for the pros and cons of cloning and stem cell research. Picture retrieved from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1902241.The_Adoration_of_Jenna_Fox