Personal Narrative Of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Through the hatchway of the spacecraft, I alone gazed upon the grotesque feature of Planet Lemula’s most feared creature. All around the monster was a red ground. It looked rocky. The sky was a dark blue with bright yellow stars filling it up. I couldn’t tell for sure, but I thought the creature was in its twenties or thirties. From space training, I knew the creatures were called Baltazars. He was about the size of a basketball hoop. I could also tell he was really heavy. He started to come towards me. When he walked the ground beneath him cracked. His body was very muscular. It looked like he worked out twenty-four seven. His skin was dark green. It had scales like a crocodile. As he walked towards me, I looked into his eyes. There were deep,

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