This essay was one of the most formative essays that I have written in my cadetship. It meets several of the requirements for the Student Portfolio, but I put it on here more importantly to emphasize its usefulness to me. This was the center of my capstone final, and has helped form and develop my own code of ethics and understanding of people that come from different viewpoints. This paper not only helped me in classes, but it helped me develop myself into a better person.

ERH-421-WX One Text: Frankenstein Political Cartoon Paper

My second essay focused on how “Frankenstein” is used in popular culture. To show its current use, I found 3 modern political cartoons that have Frankenstein’s creature in them, and showed how they are used in a current context. The first cartoon shows Obama as Frankenstein, showing how he was not held responsible for the economy he had created, warning those in the upcoming election of the dangers of voting for Obama and his party. The second cartoon shows the Republican Party as Frankenstein, and Donald Trump as the creature. It is a warning on while the Republicans are happy and proud of their victory, that they have created a monster that they cannot control who incites hate and “kills” (fires) those who do not work with him wholly (IE draining the swamp). The final cartoon shows the creature talking about Human Stem Cell research, and how it cannot go wrong. This greatly reflects the novel and its use as a warning to not play god, and to be careful and responsible towards new scientific advances.