Frankenstein Letters 1-4: Initial Thoughts

"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings." WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?! was the first thing that came to my head when I read the sentence of the 200 year old frightening, romantic, science-fiction "Frankenstein". As I continued reading, the story line became much clearer. The story starts with a series of letters from Robert Walton to his sister in England. He begins to tell her about his plans on going an arctic discovery, and if all goes well she might not see her brother for many months, possibly years. He continues to write to his sister, talking about his lack of friends and how he feels above the rest of his crew to actually befriend any of them. By his 3rd letter to his sister, its a rushed check in to his sister, with an increase in confidence in his expedition. He is going forward with it and sees no way in which it can fail. Once we reach the last letter, a new character is introduced who should bring us to the actual story of Frankenstein. On Captain Watson’s voyage, they save a man from the ice whom was on a sledge, from the dogs that pulled him, only one remained. Watson began to befriend him shortly after meeting him, and soon enough treated him like his brother. Watson shared his ambitions of discovery with the man, in which he responded with telling his story. I predict in chapter 1 the story will change perspectives and begin to tell his story, and the man will reveal himself as the doctor who created the monster. The idea of discovery is something I have noticed in the letters, Frankenstein’s story serves as a cautionary tale for Watson, that failure is a possibly that comes with discovery.