During the year 1817, Mary Shelley wrote the book Frankenstein, taking her over seven months to write. The story takes place in Germany where Victor, the main character of the story, is determined to create life. Once he creates life, his hopes and dreams become his worst nightmare. As the book became a best-seller, filmmakers began to produce films of the book. In 1931, the first movie over the book came out. The book and movie have their own way of telling the story and as result of this, there are many similarities and differences between the two of them. Sheeley writing the book and J. Searle Dawley creating the film, the book and movie and many differences. One of the differences found in the movie is, the name of the characters. In the book, the main character's name is Victor Frankenstein, as in the movie it is Henry Frankenstein. Henry Clerval in the book name is changed to Victor Clerval. These two name changes can become confusing as you begin to watch the movie. The two characters are close friends and appear in many scenes together, you have to strategically think while watching the movie. Along with the name change of the character’s, the scene when the creature is created is different. In the book, Victor is the only one who is there when the Creature comes to life. In the movie, Elizabeth, Victor, and Waldman in the lab along with Henry. This creates an opposite, as in the book Victor creates the Creature and then runs away. This leads to him becoming very
