The narrator in this book is writing letters to his sister at the beginning of this Romantic novel. Frankenstein is the creator of a monster who was once dead. Victor Frankenstein goes off to college to pursue his studies of natural philosophy. When he arrives at college, his professors tell him to stop reading old books because they will not do anything for him. Eventually Victor since in on one of the professors classes and starts becoming interested in the science. Victor then gets the idea to push his mind to the limit. Victor wanted to see what he could create. So that is when the creation of Frankenstein occurred. Victor went outside and took the bones and skin of freshly deceased bodies. He combined them all together to make "the monster." After his creation came to life, Victor started to freak out and ran outside. He could not believe at what he just created. When he returned home, the monster was gone. However, Victor was glad that this monster was out of his hair. Once a few years passed, Victor receives a letter from his father saying that his brother William is dead and has been murdered. He then returns home as quickly as he can grieve with his family. The next day, the murderer was put on trial and found guilty. It was an old family friend that refused to admit the murder. She said that she did not do it, but when in court, she admitted to the crime and was executed. After the trial, Victor went up to the mountains where he was standing alone. He looks to the left of him where he sees a creature sprinting towards his direction. It was the monster. Victor pleads for the monster not to hurt him. The monster just replies, if you listen to me, no one else will get hurt. As Victor suspected, the monster was the one who strangled poor William. None the less, he listens to the monsters side of the story.
The monster tells his story of hunger and thirst. As the monster exited Victor’s house, he ran to a barn where an old man yelled in fear. Then to a village where more did the same. Finally the monster finds a safe warm place to hid in for the night. Through a little crack in the barn, the monster spots a young man and woman, and an old man. He admires these young folks who work hard but are weeping in misery. The monster feels bad, so in order to help without frightening them, he helps gather wood early in the morning. Also, in the winter he shovels the walkway. This helps the couple and their father out substantially. The smiles start to get bigger on their faces. The monster while staying in their barn learns how to speak the human’s native language. He also started to become friends with them without meeting. One day, while the two young humans were out, the monster decides to enter the house gracefully with the old blind man’s approval. The monster was trying to win over the old man’s love by the time the other humans come home. He does this so the old man will become friends with the monster and hopefully the children will to despite his looks. However, when the children returned home, they jumped and screamed with fear. The monster was upset and embarrassed. He ran out of the house as far and fast as he could. When he reached the end of the forest nearby, he stopped and looked back.
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