Frankenstein Diary Entry Analysis

Dearest brother, it warms every part of my heart to learn of your safety. Your journey was beginning to take a toll on our emotional state. We have been worried about you since your last letters. It genuinely warms my heart to hear of my brother’s successes. Your search for this passage to the northern regions of the hemisphere that has eluded mankind for years is truly a noble cause.
However, I implore you to examine the risks of your exploits in the north. I beg of you to contemplate the detriments to your health the harsh weather is causing. How is your health faring? Our London-blood is not adjusted to the unforgiving elements you have been enduring for so long. Think of your men – how do they feel? Surely they have loved ones as well equally worried about their well-being. This journey has taxed them to their limits and they follow now by blind faith rather than true dedication to your cause. You have written of their conversations about mutiny and …show more content…
The details of his tale were so implausible that I dared not even consider them as fact. However, upon reading your tales and conceiving the vigor with which you wrote it, it became increasingly believable. This caused me to further evaluate the character of this man you now claim as your closest friend, this Victor Frankenstein. What man dares to so violate the laws of nature and defy God’s control of the creation of life? Who so selfishly denies his family of the basic love and kindness they freely give unto him? Who so freely is able to destroy the lives of his comrades and colleagues for the sake of his “discovery”? If anything, his failure was due to his selfish desire to become famous for his discovery. Where did this pursuit leave him? You spoke of the violent murders his foul creation committed. His whole family was ruthlessly slaughtered by this vile beast, from the most innocent babe to his destined