https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k Emma Feinstone en-us 2019-05-06 12:11:50 UTC 2019-05-10 13:34:16 UTC hello@padlet.com efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357137324 Through watching people look down on and mistreat their creations in Frankenstein, Brave New World, and Never Let Me Go one can recognize that a feeling of superiority interferes with one's ability to empathize and moreover allows people to ignore those labeled inferior by society.]]> 2019-05-06 12:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357137324 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357180319 Frankenstein
Never Let Me Go
Brave New World]]> 2019-05-06 13:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357180319 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357181109 In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein looks down on his creation, calling him "monster", and cannot empathize with his creation's suffering and exile due to his feeling of superiority. ]]> 2019-05-06 13:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357181109 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357424631 A similar phenomenon happens in Brave New World, where nobody helps the lower classes like the Epsilons, Deltas, and Gammas because they have been brainwashed to believe they are superior and that those less than are worthy of the jobs they have.]]> 2019-05-07 00:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357424631 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357445746 In Never Let Me Go, clones are dehumanized and thought as inferior, preventing others from empathizing which allows them to ignore the clones' humanity in order to use them for cures to previously "incurable" diseases. ]]> 2019-05-07 02:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357445746 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357446453 Much like the characters in Frankenstein, Brave New World, and Never Let Me Go, we as readers can not empathize with these dehumanized characters if we feel we are superior. This is prevented by reading from their point of view, making the reader realize that these "inferior" characters are the same as us.]]> 2019-05-07 02:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357446453 efeinstone https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357789253 prove that Victor feels superior]]> 2019-05-07 19:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/efeinstone/g0qt1jge029k/wish/357789253