Frankenstein Post 2.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Character introductions (first three chapters)

I personally was bored to death by this section of reading. It seemed that victor wanted to just pour his heart out to Walton. 

This section of reading is essentially telling the reader who everyone is and the background to set up the main event, the monster.We learn about Victor's father, a merchant of Geneva who is very kind and reasonable. His mother, who's life is seemingly surrounded by tragedy. His sister Elizabeth who was an orphan who was adopted into the family and whom everyone adored, and who is intended to become Victor's bride. And finally we learn about Victor's friend Henry, a boy obsessed with heroic archetypes. 

These people are of importance to the story but the two most important characters that contribute to the main story are the mother and Elizabeth. Victor knew about his mother's tragic life and had to experience her sudden death. He also had to face the realization that Elizabeth, whom he adored, would die someday too. I think that is the most important fact that drives Victor to find some way to beat death by bringing the dead back to life, so he can stay alive with his sister (bride) for ever. 

There is even a bit of foreshadowing in the second chapter when Victor says "No word, no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me - my more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only" (Shelly, 18).

Creepy thought that a person you've known to be your sister for most of your life is to become your bride.