FRANKENSTIEN

Letters 1-4-

The four letters are written by the explorer Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. Walton, a Englishman with a love for seafaring, is the captain of a ship heading on a dangerous voyage to the North Pole. In the first letter, he tells his sister about the preparations leading up to his departure and about his desire to accomplish some great purpose. In the second letter, Walton complains about his lack of friends. He feels lonely and isolated, too sophisticated to find comfort in his shipmates and too uneducated to find a sensitive person to share his dreams with. In the third letter, Walton tells his sister that his ship has set sail and that he has full confidence that he will achieve his goal. In the fourth letter, the ship stalls between huge sheets of ice, and Walton and his men find a sledge guided by a gigantic creature about half a mile away. The next morning, they encounter another sledge stranded on an iceberg. All but one of the dogs pulling the ...