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RATIONALE.

Frankenstein; or the modern Prometheus

Title: The monster inside us

Type of text: Narrative-speech

Purpose: To highlight the dark side (monster) of every human being as a reference

to the life of the Monster.

I choose the novel called Frankenstein; or the modern Prometheus. This

story was written by Mary Shelley and it belonged to the romantic/gothic period. The

book is about Victor Frankenstein, a scientist that achieve giving a life to the

Monster, a human form creature created with various human dead parts, and how

Victor live with that awful, regretting of it until the time of his death. The end of the

story is very tragic, so I choose an alternative finale for the story, binding the death

of Frankenstein and the grief of the Monster with the change that the Monster is still

alive in the actual world thanks to a personal growth of his lifestyle and character,

giving example of overcoming all over the world. My intention is to give the monster

a purpose in his life, forgetting about all the grief that he suffered like no having a

name, his thoughts about feeling ugly and different causing low self-esteem and the

lack of love in his life; and taking all that pain to teach other how to go ahead and

face reality, leaving the powerful message of everyone is special and beautiful. I am

going to express that aim simulating a talk in TED given by the Monster so the type

of text will be a narrative speech. The audience will be for people above the age of

13.
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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.

THE MONSTER INSIDE US

The audience remained in silence, as the presenter announced the next

speaker of that evening. It was the Monster. Anybody clapped to the announcement,

because of the tense environment that left the previous statement. As the Monster

approached to the center of the scenario everyone was expecting something that

made the Monster a monster.

-Hello everyone-, said the Monster in a relaxing and gently tone.

Everyone was amazed after that greeting. The audience didnt expect that, so

they started laughing, including the monster.

-You didnt expect that, did you?-Said the Monster-Its okay. It isnt the first

time that it occurs to me.

Laughs again. The Monster continued speaking.

-All the people that I met to talk about todays message, are totally freaked

out because of my stereotype of monster and my appearance. But thats okay, I

get used to it. We are all human beings, well, the majority in this room(laughs)

Im just different to you.

The environment of the audience made a big change. Now they all felt pity

and ashamed of the Monster.

-I know what all of you are feeling right now-replied the Monster, looking at

all peoples faces-You are feeling the most common sensation when I start talking:
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shame and pity. But thats okay, I got used to it all over the years. I preferred that

instead of repulsion-everyone laugh-believe me, it feels horrible to see that everyone

repels you.

In that moment, the audience saw the Monster with a different view, he wasnt

a monster, he was a person like them. The Monster continued his speech:

-In my past, I did awful things. Things I regret a lot and carry on my back

since my dad died because of me. You know those terrible things thanks to the letters

of Robert Walton but it doesnt matter, because I learned to live with it. Not all the

things that I did in the past were bad. I learned to speak, to write, to use my strength

and, most important, to observe the human being. The reason to watch you was that

I could think, but I didnt think I was a human, because isnt obvious?-The Monster

brought out a pose making a reference to his body form. Everyone laughed.-So,

after my father died, I disappeared to not see a human again. But those years of

loneliness made me think a lot and opened up my eyes. I concluded that Im just like

you for having a dark side, the monster we have hidden inside.

-Im the Monster, but Im not a monster. Even if I have a different name, I will

have that monster instinct in me and in all of us. Everyone isnt perfect; we all have

that violent and dark monster that makes us act against our moral principles. We put

the name monster to the things that are different to us, to our thoughts. Just like

women, black skin people, LGBTI people, etc. who are the monsters of many people,

but all of them are just people, just like their haters.
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-We are our own monsters, we have to live with it. Thats why I stop running

from my own reality. Thats why I invite all of you to accept the differences and face

your own monster and using it to tolerate the others.

Everybody in the audience stood up as the Monster said his final words.

Everybody felt happy and joyful because of that excellent speech. But most

important is that after that preaching they looked at the Monster not only as a person,

but as a friend.1

1 Frankenstein; or the modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley, published in 1823 by Thomas Davidson