Frankenstien Book Review
Frankenstein
By:
Kailee Hood
The story of Frankenstein has been told in many ways, through novels, movies and campfire stories. Mary Shelley’s version is by far the best one I have read yet. Shelley does such a wonderful job describing situations and subtlety hinting at women’s roles throughout the novel. Frankenstein is a novel I personally did not enjoy because of the eerie context, and what time period it was placed in. Mary Shelley did an excellent job writing Frankenstein because of the descriptive language that is used, along with the foreshadowing that she inserts throughout the novel.
The story of Frankenstein is told through letters that are sent from an explorer named Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. Robert Walton is on a mission sailing to the North Pole when he comes across a traveler in a sledge near the ice blocks, who happens to be Victor Frankenstein. As time goes on, Victor shares his story with Walton on how he created such a monster. Victor explains about his home life, and that he leaves his home in Geneva to attend college at the University of Ingolstadt. When Victor first decides to go to Ingolstadt, he is interested in studying natural philosophy, but soon after he switches his studies to the sciences. He learns about the human body, and is influenced one day to discover the secret of life. Victor spends a lot of time in his apartment; building this new form of life he has come up with.
It was a stormy night when Victor’s creation came to life. He is startled with the appearance of this monster, that Victor tries to sleep, almost hoping the monster was not real. Unfortunately, the monster standing over him with its grotesque smile woke up Victor, and Victor runs out of the apartment to take a nightly walk. As time passes, Victor decides to return back home to Geneva as he caught news that his brother, William, had been murdered, and the town thinks it may have been a girl by the name of Justine Moritz. Once
By:
Kailee Hood
The story of Frankenstein has been told in many ways, through novels, movies and campfire stories. Mary Shelley’s version is by far the best one I have read yet. Shelley does such a wonderful job describing situations and subtlety hinting at women’s roles throughout the novel. Frankenstein is a novel I personally did not enjoy because of the eerie context, and what time period it was placed in. Mary Shelley did an excellent job writing Frankenstein because of the descriptive language that is used, along with the foreshadowing that she inserts throughout the novel.
The story of Frankenstein is told through letters that are sent from an explorer named Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. Robert Walton is on a mission sailing to the North Pole when he comes across a traveler in a sledge near the ice blocks, who happens to be Victor Frankenstein. As time goes on, Victor shares his story with Walton on how he created such a monster. Victor explains about his home life, and that he leaves his home in Geneva to attend college at the University of Ingolstadt. When Victor first decides to go to Ingolstadt, he is interested in studying natural philosophy, but soon after he switches his studies to the sciences. He learns about the human body, and is influenced one day to discover the secret of life. Victor spends a lot of time in his apartment; building this new form of life he has come up with.
It was a stormy night when Victor’s creation came to life. He is startled with the appearance of this monster, that Victor tries to sleep, almost hoping the monster was not real. Unfortunately, the monster standing over him with its grotesque smile woke up Victor, and Victor runs out of the apartment to take a nightly walk. As time passes, Victor decides to return back home to Geneva as he caught news that his brother, William, had been murdered, and the town thinks it may have been a girl by the name of Justine Moritz. Once