Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The book opens with a scene of a ship in the Arctic Ocean. The ship is stuck in the ice and cannot move. Robert Walton, the ship's captain, is writing letters to his sister at home. The letters tell of his explorations and the events that occurred on the ship. Walton's crew drags a lifeless body aboard and brings the man back to life. This man is Victor Frankenstein. Walton and Frankenstein talk about why Victor is in the Arctic, and Victor explains the horrible and tragic story of the last years of his life. Victor was born to a very rich and popular family. While he was still young, his parents adopted a young girl with whom Victor would grow up and eventually fall in love with her. Victor attends medical school and becomes good friends with a classmate, Henry Clerval. Even though Victor's young life seems perfect, everything is about to change. Victor's mother died when he was still young and her death would change him for the rest of his life. After the death of Victor's mother, Victor vowed that he would defeat the mortality of humans. Victor, once he finished medical school, began working on his theory of victory over death. He collected numerous body parts, put them together, and used a special technique to bring the corpse back to life. At first Victor thought he had failed, but the creature sat down and was alive. Victor was horrified by his own creation and fled his laboratory. The monster then disappeared into the city. Two years passed and there was no more news of the monster, until something terrible happened. Victor's younger brother William was strangled to death. William's nanny and close family friend, Justine, was believed to have killed him. A lynch mob gathered, drugged her and hanged her. Later Victor saw his creation and realized that the monster had killed his brother and not Justine. Victor, still in shock after his brother's death, went to the mountains. The monster followed him there. When Victor stopped, the monster confronted him. The monster explained to Victor how he had survived while in hiding. He told Victor about the family he watched through a crack in the wall of the abandoned shack he was staying in and how he learned to read, write and speak from these people. After a long and detailed conversation, the monster told Victor about his deal. The monster wanted Victor to create another being like him. The monster realized that it was horrible and that no normal human could or would