DAY 13

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Are the achievements or relationships I have created out of desire slowly ending up destroying my life instead?

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I first opened this novel, written by the nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley, I was wounded less by the creature's hideous form than by his profound loneliness. The figure of a being abandoned by its creator, craving love and turning destructive in its want, shows with stark clarity the tragedy that unfolds when we chase desires we cannot answer for. The author warns of what end is born from humanity's endless arrogance. It is a chilling classic that makes me ask myself, whenever I would create or possess something, whether I am truly ready to bear it in full.

— ONGO · Curator
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous."
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
"나는 사랑과 공감을 베풀었는데, 왜 나만 이토록 철저하게 미움을 받아야 하는가?"

🌱Apply It Today

Honestly examine whether there's a task or relationship you eagerly began but have quietly been dodging because it grew too heavy. Tie up one small loose end today.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

一片丹心
True Like the Tide
일편단심 · unwavering devotion
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