Similarities Between Frankenstein And The Enlightenment

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand" (Truman). This could not be more true. The United States of America symbolizes so many different things for everyone like hope, prosperity, freedom, and a new beginning. The American Dream is "an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity" and egalitarianism is "a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs" (Merriam-Webster).

Whether its through less corporate power, Hull Houses, or racial equality, these reformers transformed American society in an influential way. Each of these people had been creating improvements because their society needed change. They had realized that every person has their own responsibility to help make society better, and they decided to do their part. Even now, their impact on society all those years ago still have lasting effects. Progressives were able to find an innovative solution for social issues because they thought of it as a civic duty.

The Enlightenment and Imperialism completely revolutionized how people look at the world and what they think of it. These two major events also help to bring to light to determine how free the world is today in terms of suppressed rights and liberties in assorted countries. The freedom of the world can also be determined by modern day resources such as Freedomhouse.org. The cycle of securing individual freedoms has been heavily impacted by the Enlightenment, Imperialization and the drafting of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. The Scientific Revolution is what lead the people into a new way of life, a life where they were valued as well as their ideas in society and in government.

was a better advocate for the Civil Rights movement because he was more peaceful in his actions. I do feel that both were very important people to bringing equality to this nation. But, MLK’s non-violent approach with handling things was much better in promoting civil justice. He wanted all groups of people to come together as one. Malcolm X wanted every race to be separated and I feel like if that would’ve happened the United States would be an awful place.

Looking at the Declaration of Independence, “ We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal,...that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The founding fathers wrote this to explain that pursuing happiness was not selfish but was the only way our society could survive if it wanted to succeed. The American dream had changed by starting in the 1920’s that pursuing happiness was based on. “ materialistic things”. This quickly changed after 1920’s to having a house, a job, opportunity for education and healthcare. Years after that entitlement was added meaning if you played by the rules and supported the government that they would have your back, that they would protect and offer you financial help, this was added by

1. As the people became more curious about the world around them, some brilliant people began o dig for answers and eventually found them. The various people involved established and brought forward new discoveries. The newly found scientific discoveries impacted many people. The accomplishments of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton motivated the social contrast theorists to investigate about the laws of human nature.

The Declaration of Independence states: “that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Declaration of Independence is a written version of our rights as humans in America. It is saying that every person is equal, with equal opportunities. The people are given rights at birth that can not be taken away. The document gives all the “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as basic human rights.

The truth is that through the nature of humanity, government is necessary to maintain control and peace. Societies are created by groups of people who find that living together and helping each other is better than attempting to live on their own. However, once a society gets very large with many different types of people it becomes necessary to implement some kind of government to suppress the inherent evil in man and to maintain peace and happiness. Humans need each other to succeed because it is more effective to work together than alone. This truth embraces all of human experiences because it is human nature to want to work together and this truth uses that part of humanity to justify the need for a government.

This code not only symbolized the ideas of the Enlightenment Era, but also the ideas of the French Revolution where the equality of all citizens came before the law, religious tolerance, and the elimination of feudalism. As Napoleon said through his letter to his brother, “The benefits of the Code Napoleon (Napoleonic Code), public trial, and the introduction of juries will be the leading features of your Government…I want your subjects to enjoy a degree of liberty, equality, and prosperity never before known to the German people. And they will love you for this”

Kant was encouraging, daring, the people to enhance their learning. In Kant’s work, “What is Enlightenment?” written in 1784, he indicates progress could be made by stating “The public use of a man’s reason must be free at all times, and this alone can bring enlightenment along men.” Meaning, man must be free to draw his own conclusions in order to have a better society for all men. Overall, Kant believed that people should desire to know

During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, many scientists had developed a new perspective on the world around them. Scientists such as Galileo and Copernicus envisioned a world where natural phenomenons could be proved through experimentation. Furthermore, the work of scientists during this time period were affected by the approval of political figures, the support from influential members of the church, and social factors that influenced the development and acceptance of new theories. To powerful political figures, scientific theories were regarded as an opportunity to gain power and money. Institutions such as the Royal Academies created an environment where new theories and scientific knowledge would be shared.

• Sense of Mission: The Treaty of Versailles was a sense of mission or a goal that Wilson had for America by “making the world safe for democracy.” He had a strong desire to strengthen and improve other countries and in essence, the world. In his opinion, the great blessings that America enjoyed were something that every country should experience. Therefore he fought for the ratification of the Treaty as it would support his belief, with one of his strategies being the League of Nations. This was a step away from isolation and neutrality and America would become more involved in the affairs of other

The growth in science overwhelmed people’s minds and erased traditional teachings. This came from well educated individuals who needed a logical explanation for how things worked. Frankenstein became obsessed with this idea. He wanted a scientific explanation for life. He wanted to create life.

The founding fathers believed that the government’s purpose was to secure the unalienable rights of American citizens to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by protecting them against violations by foreign enemies. Although, the progressives believed that the purpose of the government was to give people the benefit of the programs the government have, while making the people more socially responsible. The Founding Fathers believed it was for the greater good of everyone to be free and do things on their own. They thought that if people had less rules and were able to do whatever they want there would be and inequality of the wealthiness. The Founding Fathers made the difference of political equality and economic equality very clear.

Better even to die free than to live slaves"(62). Frederick Douglass and other social activists choose to stand up to “strike the blow”, as the result they succeeded and different amendments were added to change our society. Also, this speaks out the eager for freedom--there is nothing worse than being unequally treated. “That doesn’t mean we’re against white people, but we sure are against...anything that looks like against us”(132). People have different opinions and when they want to reform, there is always going to be other groups against it.