# data[].attributes.body
The prose begins in epistolary form to present Walton's mental state as he is travelling and experiencing new discoveries through sailing.
- these letters are addressed to Walyon's sister
- during this journey, the narrator feels lonely and wants a friend, however, finds himself to be too smart to find comfort in his shipmates.
- reassures his sister that he will be safe and avoid danger
- Walton and crew spot a weak man and dead dogs, the man refuses to board the ship until told it is going North
- man is nursed and eventually, they become friends, tells Walton his story

# data[].attributes.body
1] - frankenstein begins narration [family background, birth, childhood]
- Elizabeth adopted into the family after mothers death
2] - victor becomes interested in the mysteries of the natural world and finds a book on science and outdated findings of alchemists
- witnesses a tree get struck by lightning = galvanism
3] at 17, victor leaves for geneva to attend university
- his mother catches scarlett fever and dies
- decides to study science

# data[].attributes.body
4) Frankenstein is engulfed in his studies as he has the radical attempt to galvanize an inanimate being into a fully-fledged living being. This is at the expense of any social life and family he once had.
5)Victor successfully galvanizes the bing but he flees due to its terrifying appearance. He then has nightmares of seeing Elizabeth's corpse and falls into a nervous fever for months.
6) Elizabeths writes to Victor expressing her deep concern about Victor. He introduces his good friend Victor to his professor but the sight of chemical instruments deteriorates his situation further so Henry Clerval and Victor travel the country to boost his spirits

# data[].attributes.body
7] - victor finds a letter from father that william has been murdered
- victor walks by the spot where he was murdered and spots the monster lurking and believes the creation is the killer
- justine has been accused of murder even though victor knows shes innocent but does not speak up due fear of being labelled insane
8] - justine confesses to the murder and is executed
- victor feels guilt as he loses two people to the creation
9]- victors depression increases
- limits his thinking about elizabeth and father
- victor wanders alone to the valley and admires the scenery

# data[].attributes.body
10) Victor travels to the summit of Montanvert in hopes the scenery revives his spirit.
- reaches the top --> consoled by the sublime spectacle
- spots the creature, driving it to charge toward Victor at incredible speed
- Victor cursed the monster and tells him to leave, but is surprised by how eloquently the creation speaks
- He persuades Victor to accompany him
- go to a fire in a cave of ice and narrates events

# data[].attributes.body
11) Creation describes his experience with fire and the confusion he felt, he was leased with the warmth but burnt himself and realised he can maintain the fire with an excess of wood
- describes his sensations of light, dark, hunger, thirst, and cold
- found a village in search of food, but people fled at the sight of him, understood he needs to keep a distance
-took refuge and observes a young man, a young woman, an old man
12) he observes the neighbors who seem unhappy, which can be due to poverty
- The creation has a guilty conscience because he stole food, so her stopped and gathered wood, which he leaves at night
- he is aware the neighbours are able to communicate using strange suds, which he vows to learn and aquires basic knowledge

# data[].attributes.body
13] - creation learns to read and discovers history
- learns conversation through the DeLacey cottagers but watching them as a family makes him feel deformed and alone
14] - monster listens and explores the feeling of love through safie and felix's letters
- these letters give information about the cottagers lives

# data[].attributes.body
15) The monster finds out about the nature of his creation and it causes him great dismay. The monster attempts to introduce himself to the De Laceys but due to his horrid appearance, they banish the monster.
16) In wake of this rejection he vows to get revenge on all human beings, but he sees a girl drowning and saves her but he gets shot. William confesses the Victor about killing William and pleads for a companion (female monster).