Feb 23

• Both books have a fake god character. Victor in Frankenstein and Rossum in RUR. These characters try to imitate life through creation
• The monster and the robots are stronger and more intelligent than humans.
• The monster is giant, the robots are human size.
• Both the robots and the monster end up killing humans
• Both the monster and the robots are created, not born.
• The monster is ugly. The robots look like regular humans
• Victor takes body parts from graves and assembles them in his apartment. The robots are assembled in a factory.
• Victor creates a humanlike being first. Rossum senior experiments with protoplasm in order to synthesize a dog first. Rossum junior had the idea to create a human.
• Both the robots and the monster had blank stares
• Both have the ability to learn
• Both speak well
• Monster feels physical and emotional pain. Robots feel no pain at all
• Sex means nothing to the robot creators because they cant reproduce. Victor destroys the female monster because he fears they will breed a monster race
• Both Rossum senior and Victor were scholars. Rossum studied marine biology and Victor studied philosophy
• Near the end of the book, the monster had needs (emotional, social, food). The robots were designed to be independent and have little needs
• The monster was created as a science experiment. The robots were created to do work for humans
• The robots were slaves to humans. Victor was, in a way, a slave to the monster who tortured him by killing his loved ones and chasing him down
• Both the monster and the robots rebel against their creators because they felt they were desregarded