FRANKENSTEIN

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley

Let's talk about moral struggle. Let's talk about responsibility for our actions. Let's talk about the desire to belong, hate, vengeance, retribution, and forgiveness. Let's talk about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

This powerful classic can be the foundation for so many great discussions with your teen. Even though Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1816, the themes are very relevant for today. Discussions about cloning (are clones human, do they have eternal souls, what is our responsibility as "creator" to our "creation," what happens when we start trying to play the role of God, etc etc etc) to the consequences of vengeance can make your discussion time very interesting and thought provoking.

I did choose to use a Lit Guide alongside this one. Progeny Press does a nice job with literary devices and brings in scripture to consider alongside the text. We were not slaves to the guide, and I paired it with lots of my own thoughts and questions.

If you want a deep thinker of a book, this is a good one!