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Choices: Chapters XI-XVI
Frankenstein
Building Your Portfolio

A Room of One's Own

Draw the space that the Creature calls "home"—the De Lacey cottage, its main living room, and the attached hovel; the garden; the outhouses; and the surrounding forest. Find references or passages in the novel to support the choices in your artwork. You might want to use the quotes from the text in your drawing as well.

Humans on Trial

With a small group of your classmates, debate the case for and against the way humans behave toward the Creature. Should they show more compassion, or is it natural for humans to react negatively to a strange outsider? Cite examples from real life, from other novels or stories, or from films or television shows to support your points of view.

READING STRATEGIES

And Then What Happened?

At the end of Chapter XVI, get together with a part­ner and make predictions about what will happen next. Consider the following questions: How do you think Victor will react to the Creature's story? Will he create a partner for the Creature? How do you think the novel will end? You should each keep track of your predictions on a sheet of paper divided into two columns marked Prediction and Actual Outcome. As you finish reading the novel, use these organizers to confirm or refute your predictions.

CREATIVE WRITING

Read All About It ****

Write a newspaper article describing the appearance of the Creature in the village. Write from the villagers' point of view. What did they see? What did they think the Creature was? What do they do to prepare for another visit, if there should be one? Is anyone arguing for a different approach to the Creature than the villagers showed in the past? What is that person advising?

Consider This . . .

There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me, and sent me forth to this insup­portable misery.
How is justice different from revenge? Do you think revenge is ever justified? Explain.

Writing Follow-up: Problem-Solution__ •

Think of some positive ways to release or express anger. Suggest at least two possible ways of constructively dealing with anger. Write two to four paragraphs.

Novel Notes Choose one of the following:

• Choose a scene from one of the chaptersand rewrite it as a scene for a motion picture.
• Describe the plot of a book or film thatevoked horror in you and tell why you thinkthe author of Frankenstein would or would not like it.