Topic > The Theme of Prejudice in 'Fledgling' by Octavia Butler

A perfect example comes from the good doctor: "I awoke from sleep in horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb convulsed: when, in the dim yellow light of the moon, as he made his way through the shutters, I saw the wretch - the miserable monster I had created He held up the bed curtain and his eyes you might call, were fixed on me his jaws opened and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a smile wrinkled his cheeks (Shelley 59) This description of Dr. Victor Frankenstein's monster shows how even though the creature smiles, suggesting that the creature is friendly, that Frankenstein hates it. creature based on appearance; and this is the creator, everyone else who comes into contact with the creature behaves much worse towards the creature for no other reason than that the creature does not appear human In fact, the only one The person who treated the creature with some sort of decency was the blind father of the De Lacey family. The blind man can also be seen as symbolic of one of Frankenstein's claims, that man is blinded by prejudice. It is because of the blind man's lack of sight that he treats the creature solely based on his actions and words and not the creature's appearance, proving that the creature was not inherently evil and did not deserve to be treated right. what happened