Monster Island

Monster Island was freakin awesome, theres some really amazing imagery, if you read it carefully, I think if they made a really accurate movie, it would sell pretty well. I really enjoyed it, even though I didn't finish all the parts, but will do when I have time. It was a hard read for me, could be because it wasn't a conventional novel, and in the format of a blog. the Gothic elements are almost screaming at you, in all aspects of the book, even from the start when there on that boat, or when they arrive at the ruined city of New York. It definitely beats most zombie movies. Also its interesting that all the people that are civilized or lived in modern cities has become a victim of the zombie epidemic, and people that live in 3rd world countries or in harsh environments. are surviving pretty well, since they've been fighting all their life, and are use to really harsh conditions. The first part of the story was like any typical zombie setting, which I thought was a reasonable beginning to the story. The next part I did not expect, which was the turning point of being quite interesting, because its about a guy in the medical field that realizes why zombies are stupid,  and its because when they die the lack of oxygen leaves them unable to use it once the transformation takes place, so he somehow using medical equipment, preserves his brain so when he dies and is in the transformation state, he still remembers everything, and is basically a really smart zombie. all in all Monster Island is pretty awesome. and if Ringling because infested with zombies this is what it would look like:

this was done for Zombie War poster, which is an on campus event every year, during halloween. part of the Outdoor Recreation and wellness activities. essentially its a water balloon fight, where the humans have to beat the zombies with water balloons, or simply survive, but the zombies win every time.  

Frankenstein

So, the first time I read frankenstein, was in high, school senior year, it was the first literary piece i read that year, which actually kept my attention and my drive to finish the book. I gotta say its one of my favorite, science fiction books, could be because I haven't really read many books at all. my views on the book is that I really found that it was very interesting, definitely not what I thought frankenstein was about. I thought Frankenstein was the name of the monster, as many people do. The book itself was over all depressing due to the fact that basically everyone dies except the monster, The gothic structure is very prevalent. there's really not much i can say about it other than that I really like this book, and it was a good start for the semester reading. I really liked how the creation of frankensteins monster occurred, theres some science involved, but as you read, the ground breaking discoveries that enabled him to re-animate a human/creature just happened which i found to be really funny. While reading, I soon discovered that victor is not the protagonist rather he's the antagonist, and his monster is the protagonist, even though he does some terrible things, but victor, with is secrets, and keeping his family in the dark, caused more harm, than good, if it weren't for his foolish desires, everything would have been fine. or even if victor, was a good guy and he helped out his creation, he could have been a so much more than, a creator running away from his creation.