A world with a modern Frankenstein monster would be a panicked and distraught place. I just watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Some Assembly Required”. In this episode, Cordelia discovers several recently diseased teen girls’ bodies in the dumpster at school. Buffy soon learns that a classmate named Chris has brought his recently diseased brother back to life as a zombie, and he is trying to build him a lover so that he does not spend eternity alone. All he needs is a fresh head. This boy has discovered the key to life and he is sitting around building companions for his brother Deryl. Can you imagine if this were to really take place. I personally enjoyed Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein quite a bit. I think it had very deep meaning and relevance within it. Mary makes a very valid point that there is a line that man can cross and not step back over, such as creating life. Should we as humans really have the option of creating a human through unnatural means? What if Deryl did not want to be revived? Now he is doomed to a life of zombie misery. Advances in today’s technology could very well lead to this event occurring in our modern civilization. Honestly, if it did, would you not be scared? If we can toy with something as precious as life and death, if we blur the line, what else can cross that line? Murder, torture, revival for the purpose of torture/interrogation? These seem far-fetched, but how awful would an eternity of torture be if recreating life was possible.
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