'Frankenstein'

Ain't it funny how certin stories get adapted and re-adapted over time to the point that the real, original story is lost.

What do you know about Frankenstein?

Chances are, you haven't read the book so you've seen movies, comics and maybe derivatives of the original story.

To me, Frankenstein's monster was a lumbering, dull freak of a man made up of different body parts who was loved like a child by his master and escaped and didn't kill a little girl because she gave him a flower.

The book's a different story. The creation of the monster is almost an afterthought. It takes up such a small part of the entire narrative. Dr. Frankenstein in fact is a very young, naive student, who does not have an assistant named Igor.

Dr. Frankenstein hates his monster and is almost relieved when it escapes only to be downhearted when he discovers that the monster, unknowingly, killed his kid brother. The monster then begs the doctor to make the thing a mate and he will not kill any further.

Also, the monster is very well read and has a fine grasp on the English language (or French, in the book). The monster then proceeds to murder the doctor's best friend and fiance. They go on a chase through Europe and up to the Artic Circle.

The monster, too, is not lumbering. In fact, he's almost super-human with the ability to got quickly over great distances and climb impenetrable crags and valleys.

Not everything is as we think it is.