Valentine’s day is a holiday celebrated by a lot of Americans. The reason of this holiday is to celebrate love in the name of St. Valentine. But who is St. Valentine? There are many rumors on how the origin of Valentine, but one rumor says that the Emperor thought that single men were better warriors than married ones. So the Emperor outlawed marriage of young people. But Valentine thought this was inhumane and defied the rule, and held weddings for young people in secrete. Eventually he was caught and killed. The day it is celebrated is the day he believed to be killed. But why do we still celebrate it and should we continue it?

I think we should keep Valentine’s day for a couple of reasons. First off, the holiday is great for the economy. ¨A new survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) projects U.S consumers will spend a total of $18.2 billion on their valentines this year. Over $4 billion will be spent on jewelry alone.¨(Fortune)  Another reason why it is a good holiday to keep is because it is well liked as a holiday. ¨Valentine’s day is the second largest card-sending holiday of the year¨ said in the History.com article. They go on to say that about 1 Billion cards are sent out each year. So being such a popular and loved holiday, I think it’s a holiday that should stay.

Some people might say that we should get rid of the holiday. Some would say that it’s forced and everyone thinks they have to participate. While the numbers do show that most people do indeed participate in the holiday, the numbers also show that ¨The average consumer spent $146.84,¨(Rahim) showing that people who participated spent more money than a normal person who didn’t want to participate and spend money. Also, the meaning of the holiday is love, not gifts, so a lot of people do not buy gifts, but do other special things. In all I think the holiday is a great one and should be holiday we keep.

 

 

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Frankenstein was originally a book created Mary Shelley on 1818, but has become very popular, sparking tons of movies on the idea. The book is about a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who wants to learn how to push science to its next level. He discovers a way to create a human being, that is much stronger, and bigger than a normal human being. Once he has succeeded, he realizes the mistake in making the creature. He calls it a monster and leaves it. The monster then travels by itself and is constantly shunned away by his hideous looks. Eventually he brakes and wants revenge on his creator for putting him in this cruel world. He ends up killed everyone Victor has ever loved.

But because of the popularity of the book, it has sparked many movies. The book and the movie, even though they are on the same plot, are very different when it comes to some details. In the movie, they try to shorted the plot to not make it a crazy long movie. Most of the scenes they cut out, they added in their own version, to still continue the plot, but not have it last longer than it should. The only main part that they did very different from the book, was they bring back Elizabeth back to life and kill her right away.

The book and the movie are very similar even though they have their differences. In the end, its still the same outline, just tweaked to fit their needs. Overall, the book and the movie are both great, and are very interesting and entertaining. They follow the same plot while being unique. But in regards on which I prefer, I would choose the book. The movie did not add anything new that was super enticing.

The book Frankenstein is a very popular book in the 1800’s. Today this book is read in many classrooms, and even has sparked a couple of movies depicting the book. In the book, a character named Victor Frankenstein is a scientist that wants to create the perfect human. He tries to make humans healthier and stronger, but creates a hideous creature. The creature runs off and eventually kills everyone that victor has ever loved. But who was the real monster? Was it the creature himself? Or was it the creator who created the creature, and shunned him away?

In order to figure out who was the true monster, we have to look at both individually. First lets take a look at the creature himself, know as “the monster”. The creature was mad at Victor for leaving him, so he wanted to make his life as miserable as possible. The monsters first attack was on Victors brother William, he killed him and framed Justine for the murder. It was at this point he started to kill everyone that Victor had ever loved. But he did all of this as revenge to whom he thought the real monster was, Victor Frankenstein.

The creature thought Victor was the true monster, not himself. Victor gave the creature life, and then abandon him right away. He was too driven by his passion that he never stopped to think if it was a good idea in the first place. When it came time to actually take care of his creation that he was responsible for, he abandoned him and led the creature to do the horrible things that he had done. Another way Victor is the actual monster is when Justine was blamed for Williams death, he did not speak up and tell who really killed her, and not let her die for something in which had no part in.

Overall, both the creature and Victor Frankenstein were terrible “people”. But still the question remains, “Who is the real monster?”. The answer is, both of them. Both are responsible for deaths and made each others life miserable. The creature is a monster on the outside while on the other hand, Victor is a monster on the inside.