Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

* This novel depicts the reaction against the scientific rationality, because the novel
is all about how Victor Frankenstein created a creature based on his curiosity about
the creation of life.

*[The Romantic movement initially began as a response to other movements and

social changes, but it soon developed its own unique features.For example,]
Romanticism soon started dealing with the supernatural as a way to understand the
world. While Frankenstein is often thought of as a fantasy novel, its grounding in
science at the time makes it science fiction. Victor's quest to learn and push the
boundaries of science makes him a Romantic hero, though he eventually falls from
grace as he goes too far and creates something he cannot.

* The story offers various uses of the features of the Romantic movement in its
narrative and exploration of what it means to be human, emotional, and a seeker of
truth.
[for example Romanticism in Frankenstein, is clearly shown when the Creature
begins exploring the world and his own emotions.]

*[The literary period in which Frankenstein was written was what many artists
created in order to reflect and comment on the rapidly changing world around them.
The term 'Romantic' does not mean romantic in the sense used today to refer to
things like romantic comedies.] Instead, the movement has, at its core, a fascination
with heightened emotions and situations where the individual interacts with the
world in a way that is not entirely rational but rather emotional. The best examples
of Romanticism in Frankenstein are the scenes involving the Creature.

*The Creature exemplifies the dynamic features of the romantic period where
imagination, passion emotion and sensibility is shown because the creature was a
hulking brute with almost-translucent skin who scared nearly everyone who saw
him. However, he also had a gentle demeanor, at first, and a genuine curiosity about
the world.
[In the beginning, he was like a child discovering the world, and he liked to spend
time in the forest by the cabin. He was amazed by the changing seasons and the
beauty of nature, which was similar to how people in the Romantic period felt. These
Romantic folks really loved nature and didn't like cities much.
But as he learned more about what humans could do, he became very sad when he
heard about terrible things that happened during colonial times. He also struggled
with the idea that he was very different from everyone else and all alone in the
world.]

* [On the other hand] Victor Frankenstein represents Romanticism because he is a

warning against scientific pursuit without thought. Romanticism was a reaction to
the Industrial Revolution, and Victor created something without considering the
consequences of his actions.
 *[Just like what Rosseau says] "I felt before I thought” [Certainly! "I felt before I
thought" means that according to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, our emotions and feelings
come first and influence our actions before our logical thinking kicks in. In other
words, our gut reactions and emotions guide us initially, and then we use our
rational thinking to make sense of those feelings.]

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr (2014): Genre: Historical Fiction,
World War II MAIN CHARACTERS: Marie-Laure and Werner
It is a story about courage and hope. In a world tainted by war, death and loss,
childhoods are broken. Kids are snatched out of their homes, the place that brought
them comfort. Their dreams are shattered. The connections they had are lost. And
they have to be strong, but not only for themselves, no, but also for their dear ones.
(In this case, all the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr embodied the
characteristic of romanticism in a sense that it emphasized the emotion and
imaginatioxn of the author as it deeply evokes the emotional responses of the
readers.)

It’s about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied
France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. L The Light We Cannot
See is an up close and personal story of two kids, one a German orphan boy with
incredible engineering skills, the other a blind French girl who loves to read and
sometimes leaves the safety of her uncle’s home where she is cooped up, trying to
keep out of the reach of Nazis during world war two.
(The story also shows the individualism of the characters for they both have an
incredible skills and their determination to survive the devastation of World War II)

It is historical fiction about courage and hope. All the Light We Cannot See is about
the unknown heroes, is about the wars , the ones that take place in humans, or the
ones that are not fought with guns and still, nonetheless, they require courage,
strength and hope. This book is a glimpse inside the history we don’t know about.
The novel describes World War II with honesty and not from an adult point of view,
how we are used to, but from a child’s perspective. And not any child, but two
directly involved children.
(The book also discusses the moral and ethical issues that the individuals in it
encounter, particularly Werner, who struggles with moral dilemmas while fighting in
the war.)
(Rebellion and Revolution, one of the characteristic of romanticism, are also present
in which the two main character have struggled to survive the revolution with only
their determination as their protection.)

War is not only about winning, about freeing one’s country. It is not only about duty,
about soldiers dying on the battlefield for their country. It’s also about families losing
dear ones, daughters losing parents, siblings losing each other, women being
abused, hunger, thirst, coldness, darkness. It’s about wounds that never heal, images
that haunt, memories that cannot be forgotten. Because war means scars, and scars
are always there.
(The deepness of two main character’s life experiences such us love, loss, and human
connection creates personal growth and transformation which reflects the Romantic
movement's emphasis on autonomy and evolution.)