Book Report Frankenstein
Title: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelly
Setting: Geneva; the Swiss Alps; Ingolstadt; England and Scotland; the northern ice; 1816–1817
Point of View: First person - The point of view shifts with the narration from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to Frankenstein’s monster, then back to Walton.
Protagonist: Victor Frankenstein
Antagonist: Frankenstein’s monster
Plot: The book begins with letters written by Robert Walton, an explorer, who writes to his sister back in England. He tells about his adventures while at sea. The crew finds Victor Frankenstein, near death, floating on ice. Walton takes him aboard and in his letters to his sister, retells Victor’s story of the monster he created.
Victor grows up in Geneva, Switzerland and has a wonderful childhood. The family adopts an orphan, Elizabeth, whom everyone loves, and is raised with Victor. Victor receives her as a “possession of my own” and reflects “to death she is mine only.” Victor loves science and enrolls at the University of Ingolstadt. For two years, he is consumed with his studies and his desire to bring to life a dead body. He uses chemistry and electricity to make it a reality.
Victor spends months making a creature out of old body parts. One night he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monster that he has created and he is horrified. He tries to sleep, but eventually runs away because he is afraid of his creature and feels guilty of what he has created. He runs into his friend Henry Clerval, who also studies at the university, and takes him back to the apartment. The monster is gone. Victor then becomes sick. Henry helps him recover.
Victor receives a letter to return home because his youngest brother has been murdered by strangulation. Victor hurries home and passes through the forest where his bother was strangled and catches a glimpse of the monster. He is convinced the monster murdered his brother. When he arrives home in Geneva, the
Author: Mary Shelly
Setting: Geneva; the Swiss Alps; Ingolstadt; England and Scotland; the northern ice; 1816–1817
Point of View: First person - The point of view shifts with the narration from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to Frankenstein’s monster, then back to Walton.
Protagonist: Victor Frankenstein
Antagonist: Frankenstein’s monster
Plot: The book begins with letters written by Robert Walton, an explorer, who writes to his sister back in England. He tells about his adventures while at sea. The crew finds Victor Frankenstein, near death, floating on ice. Walton takes him aboard and in his letters to his sister, retells Victor’s story of the monster he created.
Victor grows up in Geneva, Switzerland and has a wonderful childhood. The family adopts an orphan, Elizabeth, whom everyone loves, and is raised with Victor. Victor receives her as a “possession of my own” and reflects “to death she is mine only.” Victor loves science and enrolls at the University of Ingolstadt. For two years, he is consumed with his studies and his desire to bring to life a dead body. He uses chemistry and electricity to make it a reality.
Victor spends months making a creature out of old body parts. One night he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monster that he has created and he is horrified. He tries to sleep, but eventually runs away because he is afraid of his creature and feels guilty of what he has created. He runs into his friend Henry Clerval, who also studies at the university, and takes him back to the apartment. The monster is gone. Victor then becomes sick. Henry helps him recover.
Victor receives a letter to return home because his youngest brother has been murdered by strangulation. Victor hurries home and passes through the forest where his bother was strangled and catches a glimpse of the monster. He is convinced the monster murdered his brother. When he arrives home in Geneva, the