What is true happiness? It is the ultimate goal of every human being's life, but how can it be achieved? It takes different things to make each individual happy. “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the aim and purpose of human existence.” This is a very famous quote from the Greek philosopher Aristotle. It basically means that the only goal in life is to achieve happiness. While some people are willing to do anything to achieve happiness, others are more thoughtful. They think about the overall effect their action will have on everyone. In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, she expresses her ideas about the risk of pursuing happiness through the acquisition of knowledge, because true contentment is found in the emotional connections established between people. The pursuit of knowledge is not necessarily an evil thing, but it can cause destruction when pursued beyond natural limits. Victor Frankenstein becomes a slave to his passion for learning in various ways; first his life is controlled by his obsession to generate life, and then he becomes a slave to the monster he has generated. Frankenstein describes the beginning of his life as a happy time with his family. During his childhood, Frankenstein was passionate about learning, but his emotional bond with Elizabeth prevented him from fully dedicating himself to his studies. When Frankenstein left home to study at the University of Ingolstadt, he devoted himself to searching for the mystery of life. He says he worked in the laboratory until dawn and was indifferent to the beauty of the world around him. These vicissitudes in Frankenstein's lifestyle represent Shelley's idea that one's passions must be against... center of the card ......uences of his actions up to that point. He decides to turn the page on his journey and culminate it there. He does so because he has learned, through what he optically glimpsed in Frankenstein, the dangers of knowledge. Because of Frankenstein's ambition to achieve happiness through the acquisition of knowledge, he created a monster and the consequences of his creation are unimaginable. He lost every single person he was close to or loved and ultimately lost his life. He began to realize that it was the people he loved rather than his knowledge that mattered. After watching Frankenstein die, Walton ultimately retreats from his evil mission having learned from his example what a hunger for knowledge can do. Mary Shelley does a great job showing the harmful effects of the thirst for knowledge and also introducing us to where our true happiness lies, with our loved ones.