Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Robert Walton is a massive bummer, thank goodness he's in this story for a short time! So the first three letters are spent setting up the reason the actual story will be told. During this time, Robert Walton writes to his sister about his time voyaging to the North Pole, and the whole time he writes how he is lonely and craving companionship as well as purpose. Lo and behold he finds a nearly frozen, almost dead traveler to become his best friend (now that's a story to tell the kids)! Before picking up the straggler, the crew notices a large being on a dogsled, and didn't think much of it; however, the frozen dude is very interested, and almost determined to see this creature. When the man finally recovered from near death, he was "continually on the deck, apparently watching for the sledge that preceded his own" (Shelley 11). The reader is constantly wondering why this random guy is so interested in this creature, and why he even likes Robert Walton! Personally, I find this friendship to be creepy, but as the story progresses, it only gets creepier. Oh the foreshadowing will get ya every time.
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