Monday, February 4, 2008
I agree that a quest for knowledge is beneficial, but with that quest, is solitude included, or is it just part of the side-effects? I know that with Victor it was part of the quest, because from the very beginning the "earnest..to learn....[were] among the earliest sensations [he] could remember". He would pretty much do anything to get that knowledge he so desperately wanted. Whereas in contrast his "closest" friend, Henry, "deeply read in books of chivalry and romance" showing his more abstract side. Henry is thristy for knowledge, but is he desperate like Victor? If Henry was Victor in this story would he have isolated himself from his whole family like Victor did, or would he keep in touch with everyone and tell them about what was going on?
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I think that along with obsession, solitude is what draws the line between when the search for knowledge is beneficial and when it isn't. I don't think Henry is desperate like Victor and that is what sets them apart. Henry wants knowledge, but he doesn't become obsessed with it and block out his family and friends. I think Henry would keep in touch with his family and friends if he was Victor in the story, and it would affect the story. Although he still would have the search for knowledge, I don't think he would suffer as much as Victor does because he wouldn't isolate himself.
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