In the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, it begins with 28-year-old Robert Walton writing a series of letters from St. Petersburg, Russia, to his sister in London, England. He urges her to partake in his excitement regarding his expedition to the North Pole region to explore the knowledge of a place where no man has been before. In further letters, Walton fluctuates with his isolation and separation on one side, and his determined heart and will on the other. As weeks at sea pass, the sailors on the ship that Walton is on find a man, Victor Frankenstein, drifting on a block of ice approaching death. In Walton's letters to his sister, he recites Victor's harrowing story. After dedicating two years of his life creating, and in the process
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Victor had hoped for beauty and appreciation from a new species of beings, alternatively, his work of art is so awful to view that even its author, is unable to complete this action. In chapter four, Victor informs the readers of the meticulous process of assembling the parts required to produce his "son." His full enthusiasm cannot be found in any other part of the novel than in this quotation In this small passage, Victor's purpose of creating new life arises upon the good his "son" would offer him as its "father." When the creature first comes to life in chapter five the way Victor feels changes completely as if his previous mindset has been wiped. Victor's denial of his "son" is settled on the fact that he had worked day and night, at the expense of his very own well-being, to bring life to his "child." When watching his "child" come to life, the very parts that he had chosen for its beauty, grew terrifying to him. The parts stitched together, did not have the same appeal they did when they were just parts on their own. Frightened by his own creation, Victor bolts from his place of living. A while later when Victor reappears with Henry, he prays that the being is no longer there. Victor, with these expectations, isolates his "child." After these events have occurred, Victor no longer associates with creating life. Rather now, his worries are with never seeing his the "monster" he created
Victor had hoped for beauty and appreciation from a new species of beings, alternatively, his work of art is so awful to view that even its author, is unable to complete this action. In chapter four, Victor informs the readers of the meticulous process of assembling the parts required to produce his "son." His full enthusiasm cannot be found in any other part of the novel than in this quotation In this small passage, Victor's purpose of creating new life arises upon the good his "son" would offer him as its "father." When the creature first comes to life in chapter five the way Victor feels changes completely as if his previous mindset has been wiped. Victor's denial of his "son" is settled on the fact that he had worked day and night, at the expense of his very own well-being, to bring life to his "child." When watching his "child" come to life, the very parts that he had chosen for its beauty, grew terrifying to him. The parts stitched together, did not have the same appeal they did when they were just parts on their own. Frightened by his own creation, Victor bolts from his place of living. A while later when Victor reappears with Henry, he prays that the being is no longer there. Victor, with these expectations, isolates his "child." After these events have occurred, Victor no longer associates with creating life. Rather now, his worries are with never seeing his the "monster" he created