English
DAFORESTI
Direct address: Involving the audience by
using the word 'you'
Anecdote: Using their personal
story/experience
Alliteration: Repeating same letter at
beginning of words
Appeals: Appealing to a range of our
emotions-such as appeal to fear,
insecurity, tradition, patriotism, hip-pocket
nerve [when something costs $$
Figurative language: Using similes
[like/as] & metaphors [is] to make pictures
in our minds
Opinion: Their point of view
Repetition: Repeating the same word or
phrase for a particular effect
Rhetorical question: Asking a question
where the answer is implied
Emotive language: Words used to make
us feel something
Expert Opinion: Quoting someone from
the appropriate field that helps supports
their point
Exaggeration/hyperbole: Making
something sound bigger than it is
Statistics: Percentages/survey/numbers to
support their point
Triples: We like three similar
ideas/information in a row.
Imperative: Directing the audience to take
action
Inclusive & exclusive language: Using
we/us/our, or they
I have been called many things in my incredibly short life, some of
them being a monster, a fiend and an illiterate disgrace. Imagine
someone saying this to your child. Or worse, how would you feel if
you said this to your own child. Doesn’t it just break your heart,
seeing your child’s smiling face melt into a frown or a look of such
sorrow you can’t even imagine? That’s how I felt every single time
someone said that to me. My creator abandoned me at ‘birth’
saying he thought I would be an angel, a godsend. But alas, I’m not.
But instead of taking responsibility for his actions, he fled from his
problems like a coward. After abandoning me, he accuses me of
these inhuman crimes. As if that’s fair! Research from scientists in
Oxford shows that children who have been verbally abused have a
higher chance of committing crimes than children who have not.
And we all know Victor Frankenstein, also known as my creator, is a
very accomplished scientist. So surely, he would have known these
statistics. Then why did he abandon me like a merciless monster
which he claims I am?
● Now, before my emotions get the best of me, Let me explain
the basic facts.
● I was constructed out of unnatural chemicals and discarded
body parts, and given life by a spark of electricity given from a
lightning strike.
● I was created by Victor Frankenstein who was assisted by his
friend Henry Clerval.
● After I was done being made, Frankenstein looked at me in
horror said, and I quote,
● “But you’re not who I thought you’d be…I thought I was
making an Angel! D’you know that? I thought I was making
something better than a human! Something so precious and
beautiful that everyone would love it- and look at you. Look at
what I’ve done.”
● These are the first words I had to hear from someone who I
thought was my father. But I was wrong.
● He then turned around, with a cry of fear and horror, he ran
out of the room, abandoning me forever.
● That is how I was treated the second I came to life.
● An outcast, a pariah, persona non grata.
● Even thinking of this moment brings tears to my eyes,
thinking about how I was treated with such injustice.
Just hearing this immediately shows how I have been treated. Many
people had warned Frankenstein to not create me. Then why did he
do so anyway? And why didn't he take responsibility for his actions?
● As you may know, I have been accused of murdering William
Frankestein, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Lavenza and Victor
Frankenstein.
● I would like to state that Victor Frankenstein Created me out
of the Body parts of Criminals.
● He dug them up from graves which is against Law.
● I would also like to include that my mind was of a Newborns
when I was created.
● According to this research paper from Oxford, Children do not
have a moral compass, therefore they don’t know what is right
or wrong.
● Victor Frankenstein, also known as my creator/father, never
taught me good or bad. So who did he expect would teach
me? God?
● So technically, I didn’t know it was wrong to Murder those
people.
● Moving on, Frankenstein had given me hope that he would
build me the most stunning Bride.
● He said that it would take 2 years to build.
● I agreed to his terms and left, but I kept an eye on him from
time to time.
● When the 2 year deadline finally came, I visited Frankenstein
for the last time.
● In his lab, a figure lay on the table, covered with a dirty white
cloth.
● I lifted the cloth and saw my beauteous Bride laying there.
● She was Beautiful. Not in a human way. In our way.
● Then suddenly, Henry Clerval, The man who helped create
me, The man who breathed me to life appeared.
● He ran at me
● He attacked me
● He disconnected several wires which were crucial to bring my
wife to life.
● How would you feel if someone prevented you husband or
wife from coming back to life?
● I swatted him away so I could easily reach my wife.
● Then Elizabeth Lavenza entered with a guard by her side,
both armed with a gun. She urged the guard to shoot me,
while she dismantled my wife.
● This infuriated me
● Why do people try so hard to judge people based on
appearance and not personality.
● I swatted her and the guard away and cradled my wife hoping
she would come back.
● I had been given false hope.
● But this murder was accidental.
● All I did was swat them away
● I didn't know my own strength.
● Since I didn’t technically know that I had murdered them, I
should not be guilty.
● If one doesnt know their own strength, how could they be
guilty?
● It like being punished for pushing someone and not knowing it.
Now, Members of the Jury, The decision is up to you. I have stated
my facts with evidence. I implore you to take immediate action
against Victor Frankenstein as he poses a threat to our society. I
was just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Vote for me so
the right man is behind bars, and not the innocent victim. Thank
you.