Why Is Point Of View Important In Novels? esp Frankenstein?

[Maljackson]

Hey guys

your help was great last time i posted and then my teacher asked me to ask myself this question?

Can anyone help me with this?

Why Is Point Of View Important In Novels?

She wants me to relate to Frakenstein

[Scheherazade]

Do you think how you feel about things would have been different if you were a vampire or someone who is bitten by a vampire?

[Shore Dude]

Is it fair to say... that over the course of a lifetime, each individual has a collection of experiences that are unique only to that person?

[Maljackson]

Ok i know what you mean

but what are the effects of point of view.

for instance in frakenstein

[Shore Dude]

First let me ask you this...

Did your mother ever get you a really smart and knowledgeable midget, who can act as your sidekick, by following you around wherever you go, while providing you information whenever you need it?

[Maljackson]

ok sorry i was just asking for help.

sorry im really stuck.

im just trying to work out the effects of point of view in frakenstein

[papayahed]

Do you think how you feel about things would have been different if you were a vampire or someone who is bitten by a vampire?

This answers your question.

[Shore Dude]

Then do some thinking on your own. Don't just ask for answers. Instead, write out some replies to the questions above, and I am sure the people here would be more than happy to discuss both yours and their thoughts and insights.

Think about this question...

Remember when Dr. Frankenstein caught up with his monster in the mountains... And the monster told Victor stories about how he learned how to speak and live by watching the local villagers?

When listening to the monster tell his tale, the audience gets a different look into his personality, emotions, feelings, etc.? What characteristics did the monster have, that a reader had not gotten the chance to see up until this point in the novel?

[papayahed]

Shore, Are you a teacher?

[Maljackson]

As the monster speaks about his experiences we the reader find out more about him.

i started to sympathise with the monster because of the way he spoke to victor.

all he wanted was the simple things in life.

to feel. to touch. to be loved.to be happy.

we learn from his point of view.

[Scheherazade]

So what kind of affect did it have on you? I.e., finding more about the monster?

[Maljackson]

it made me feel emotional

i understand that the monsters point of view made me feel this but why is it important?

[Shore Dude]

Well, think about the book/ novel without hearing the monster's side? Would it make the story more dull? Would it mislead readers, by not allowing them to understand the story in its entirety?

Also, by hearing the monster's side of the tale, by understanding that he does have feelings and emotions like a real person... when he gets enraged with the doctor later on in the story for not creating a mate for him, does it make his character more scary?

Did you look up how Frankenstein was written ...the setting/ circumstances in which Mary Shelly wrote the story?

[Maljackson]

i found a little.

i know that shelly was pregnant when she wrote the book and that her husband had a big influence on her during the time of it being written.

what has the setting and circumstances got to do with the effects of the point of view in the novel?

hope that isnt a dumb question

[Scheherazade]

If you hadn't found out about Monster's side of the story, how would you have reacted?
Did it make a difference in how much you like the book? -assuming you like it