The text that i will be using for essay number 3 will be Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. The story tells about two bothers who lost their mom at a young age. The lost of their mom was so sad for them that they try to bring her back using Alchemy. Alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques in the story. Using Human Transmutation… a forbidden art in which one attempts to create or modify a human being. But it failed and the older brother Edward Elric looses his left leg while the younger Alphonse Elric looses his entire body. His soul was attached to a suit of armor by his older brother Edward who sacrifice his right arm to attached Alphonse’s soul into the armor. From that incident both brothers decide to bring their bodies back to normal by searching for the Philosopher Stone (a powerful object which would allow them to recover their bodies)  My gothic issue is going to be Monsters, because in the story there’s many created creatures using Alchemy, who were created for evil and others as experiments that became a mistake.
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I do think it is a good text you chose. Because I have read and know a little about the manga’s storyline. Your social issue you picked is also good because it does fall under that category, “Monsters.” In the manga, people who uses the Alchemy are being used for evil and accidentally or mistakenly experiments, and it turns out extremely horrible.
Very interesting choice! Remember, your job in this essay is to explain how the Gothic metaphor represents a social issue or anxiety. What social issue is functioning in this text?