Week 3

Mary Shelley begins her novel of Frankenstein with four letters written by Robert Walton. He is on a voyage out at sea, although he keeps to himself on the ship. He is writing to his sister, Margaret, about his experiences and feelings whole he is on this ship. He feels alone, and more compassionate and empathetic than his shipmates. In my opinion, I do not understand why Shelley started the novel off like this. If I were writing a ghost story, I would start off with something crazy right off the bat. Perhaps she is trying to tie everything in to those letters at the end, but I do not know. That sounds like something I would like to do, though. I like to confuse people. My whole story would he filled with scary things and not one dull moment. There would be spine-tingling details and nightmare-ish characters. My novel would be extremely scary and everyone would love it.