Picture taken from the 1931 movie Frankenstein

Monstrous Situations

Fall 2018

This was written for my FSEM (freshman seminar) class, the first college course I ever took, a writing class centered on stories about created beings, with our big topic being Frankenstein. My professor wanted us to take a parody/retelling of the story and compare it to the original. I choose Igor because I thought it'd be fun, and yes it was, but it is also a lot more than just a silly kids movie; it takes many of the themes Frankenstein explores and makes them applicable to kids. You don’t exactly want a five-year old to be watching Frankenstein, you’re just giving their brains nightmare fuel on top of confusing the heck out of them and setting yourself up for a million “what’s that?” and “why’d they do that?” Kids movies are great ways to share big ideas in a way kiddos can understand, and if their curiosity is encouraged they can open their eyes to bigger and bigger ideas—and problems—that they can explore and help solve.

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The paper is below as a PDF called “Monstrous Situations.”