Frankenstein Volume 2, Chapter 3 Summary
Volume 2, Chapter 3 * Identify the important events
The monster develops his five senses but he’s unable to differentiate them and is unable to distinguish light and dark when he blinks. He wanders from the laboratory to a forest near Ingolstadt, which offered him shade. The monster finds raw berries and nuts and discovers the flickering remnants of a fire. He realises that the fire can be kept by adding wood and that fire is used for warmth and to cook food.
All of the people that the creature encounters in his travel from each village regard him with horror and they all reject him from society. He attempts to make bonds with the people but they all shriek and run away. He finally sees a hut, attached to a cottage and takes refuge there, "from the inclemency of the weather and from... the barbarity of man." The monster observes the old man and young girl at the cottage and finds his love towards the beauty of their faces. He hears the sweet sound of music but cannot understand. * Discuss the characters and what we learn about them in this chapter
This chapter is told from the monster’s point of view. His first person narration reveals him as a sensitive character. When he suffers, he shows innocence and defencelessness, “I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept.”
The monster we meet is one of horror and disgust and is rejected by people in society. However, he shows interest and curiosity towards the old man and young girl’s actions, “he raised her, and smiled with such kindness and affection that I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature.” * Values/ Attitudes
Value of family- the monster loves looking through the gap in the wall and looks positively at the family, hoping that there’s a possibility of being accepted by family.
Isolation and survival- monster is aware that he’s an unloved creature but he tries to connect to other
The monster develops his five senses but he’s unable to differentiate them and is unable to distinguish light and dark when he blinks. He wanders from the laboratory to a forest near Ingolstadt, which offered him shade. The monster finds raw berries and nuts and discovers the flickering remnants of a fire. He realises that the fire can be kept by adding wood and that fire is used for warmth and to cook food.
All of the people that the creature encounters in his travel from each village regard him with horror and they all reject him from society. He attempts to make bonds with the people but they all shriek and run away. He finally sees a hut, attached to a cottage and takes refuge there, "from the inclemency of the weather and from... the barbarity of man." The monster observes the old man and young girl at the cottage and finds his love towards the beauty of their faces. He hears the sweet sound of music but cannot understand. * Discuss the characters and what we learn about them in this chapter
This chapter is told from the monster’s point of view. His first person narration reveals him as a sensitive character. When he suffers, he shows innocence and defencelessness, “I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept.”
The monster we meet is one of horror and disgust and is rejected by people in society. However, he shows interest and curiosity towards the old man and young girl’s actions, “he raised her, and smiled with such kindness and affection that I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature.” * Values/ Attitudes
Value of family- the monster loves looking through the gap in the wall and looks positively at the family, hoping that there’s a possibility of being accepted by family.
Isolation and survival- monster is aware that he’s an unloved creature but he tries to connect to other