I felt very nostalgic while I was reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I think it is a heartbreaking story because for most of the time I felt very sympathetic with the creature. While I was enjoying the story, I realized of many things that happen every day in our lives. Among many things, the story has proved that humans need to live in society with other humans. The story has also proved that rejection can cause many problems in the minds of the people.
Frankenstein was “born” and was abandoned by its own creator. This abandonment caused him to feel rejected although he continued trying to find good people that could accept him. He found a small family in a cottage and during a long period of time they were his family. But, when he encouraged himself to go see them, he encountered rejection again. His need of being in society made him seek for people who could accept him. However, this need of being accepted and in the company of other people disappeared after being rejected by several people again and again. He also found that he had no roots, he came from no place, and he had no name: he was not as the rest of the people. He began thinking that he should make his creator pay for what he suffered. Rejection made him be revengeful and this is shown in our society. Children who have suffered a great deal of problems and abandonment show themselves to be, in the worst of cases, criminals.
I think Frankenstein is a story that leaves so much room for discussion. It definitely provides food for thought since you can easily identify problems that are present in the story which still happen nowadays. It would be great to bring Frankenstein to the classroom and discuss many of the issues depicted in the plot such as: identity, self-esteem, marginalization, family and regret.
I very much enjoyed reading Frankenstein junior story.
As we have seen in class, London back in the Victorian age suffered many changes especially because of the modernity which has its roots on industrialization. London’s population increased more than the double in the 19th century because the employment market was at the big towns like London. 
One of the big issues of the time was the amount of population and overcrowding which was very well depicted in the movie "Oliver Twist" . We could see how so many people were at the markets and streets. Parks were also full, and over 10 people inhabited a house. What is more shocking was to see so many children alone in the streets. My question is: were they orphans just as Oliver? In the movie, we could see all the children that lived with Fagin and “worked” for him stealing. That sounds familiar. How many kids do we see “working” for other older people in the streets of Santiago? Or how many children are used as hooks for people to give them money?
All these issues depicted in “Oliver Twist” are present until today, and we can see them by just taking a Transantiago bus, subway or by going to Ahumada Street. It is almost incredible to believe that after over 150 years we still have the same problems in society. 
I must admit I still cannot understand what “The Signal-Man” is about. Anyhow, I could relate some of its key words while discussing it in the class. 
I would relate the character of the ghost and the premonition with the Grimm in Harry Potter since it has the same effect. Seeing the Grimm was a premonitory sign of your death. As we have discussed all writers include references to previous works of others. We can see that in almost every literary work. Anyway, I really liked the story because it was continually playing with our own fears, and it kept the mystery until the very end. 
