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근데, 사실 ap lit open essay는 어떻게 접근을 해야할지 모르겠어 고민하다 연락드립니다. ㅠㅠㅠ

open prompt가 주어지면 그 여러가지 question에서 요구한 부분들을 다 thesis statement 어떻게 넣어야 할지.

또한 body paragraph는 어떻게 무엇을 토대로 나눠야 할지 너무 헷가립니다. 그리고 work as a meaning as whole, 이것은 universal theme이긴 한데 어떻게 essay에 넣어야 할지. 저는 나름대로 analysis라고 질문이라고 하는데 것이 학교 선생님은 자꾸 plot summary라고 하는데 open essay가 가장 준비를 많이 할수 있는 부분이라고 해서 저 나름대로 준비하는데 잘못하고 있는 것 같아서 여러므로 걱정이 됩니다. 

밑에 제가 40분 동안 적은 essay가 있는데 정말 심하게 못 적은 것을 아는데 ㅠㅠㅠ 혹시 죄송한데 feedback 주실수 있다면 너무 너무 감사하겠습니다. 

1990. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary.

What is the ideal relationship between a father and son? When a gigantic animated corpse claims a young scientist to be his father, the Victorian audience must have been horrified but at the same time curious upon the nature of a father hood. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein asks us to ponder the relationship between a son and a father, and reveals the relationship between parenthood and moral responsibility. The conflict of the parenthood rises due to different expectations the characters has toward each other. Also, due to the great disparity between the anticipated result and reality, Victor abandons his supposed son, which results in a major conflict between the two and with misunderstandings between each other grow into a spiral for loathing for each other, and ultimately only as Victor decides to accept his moral responsibilities is he able to put an end to the conflict.

Firstly, the conflict first arises from the fact that they have different expectations. On the cold thundery night at Ingolstad Victor succeeds in animating the monster, but as the monster reaches his arm toward him with a grin on his face, Victor runs away, as he is horrified by the beastly appearance of his creation. This can be seen as the beginning of the conflict, as it signifies the first and biggest rejection the monster receives from Victor, who conceives him as a father. This conflict between the two resonates throughout the entire book, regarding whether he the monster is Victor’s son or not. The reason that Victor had abandoned the monster was because he had imagined a creature that would be so divine and “worship him as a creator,” but as his creature turns out to be more “wretched than an animated mummy” it was too much for him. Again, grin of the monster represents the happiness of the monster to come out to the world, but for Victor seems like a sign of malign intent, which shows how differing expectations can lead to major conflicts. Ultimately, the clashes between ideals ultimately begins the conflict as Victor does not want to claim the monster as his son, while monster loathes the Victor for abandoning him, like a father would not abandon his father for his defects and rather protect and love him. 

Next, the conflict between the monster and Victor grow through misunderstandings. 

A point that the conflict leads to a climax is when Victor in a secluded building in Scotland finishes his new female companion for the monster, and Victor ultimately rips it into pieces, contemplating how a million times the female monster would be more malignant. The monster would have felt that it created false hope for the monster as a reward for his loneliness and by destroying giving the greatest agony to the monster by contemplating what would have been. Without conversing it is impossible for the monster to understand Victor’s thoughts, but seen as an act of provocation. Thus, as the monster they are never able to reduce the misunderstanding between each other further only increasing the hate between them. This is a scene that demonstrates how the misunderstanding between the two spurs more hatred between each other.

However, Victor’s refusal to accept his responsibility as a father, which resulted him in avoiding confrontation with the monster resulted in a conflict, as only through this confrontation is the conflict reduced. At the end of the novel, Victor decides to “chase the wretched creature to the end of the world.” While the monster’s wishes to be loved by his father figure is quite different from what Victor’s chasing shouting that he will “demolish him!,” the monster seems to find Victor’s confrontation with him satisfactory. While Victor might still hate the monster, the very fact that Victor sees him gives joy to the monster, revealing how much the monster longed for the attention of his father, even if it be in a hateful demeanor. Further, only through this confrontation is the conflict able to be appeased, as the monster decides to forgive Victor, which shows that only through acknowledging one’s responsibility as a father can the conflict be reduced.

While, the nature of fatherhood is rather disturbing in Frankenstein, it forces the reader to question ourselves of what is an idealistic fatherhood, and shows us the danger that different ideals can spur conflict. Shelley, ultimately, teaches us the value of fulfilling the duties of a person, whether that be a father or a son.