Humans cannot function without friendship. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly emphasizes that all beings seek intimate companionship. She demonstrates this through the desires and deep ceded feelings of both Walton and the Creature. Walton craves a friend in whom he could confide in. While on his journey, Walton writes to his sister Margaret about how he has everything he needs for a successful mission, except for a friend. He writes that when he “is glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there is none to participate in [his] joy” (pg 4), and when he is “assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavor to sustain [him] in dejection” (pg 4). Walton desires a companion to share his failures and successes with. To Walton, lacking a friend “feels as
