Mary Shelley created Frankenstein at the age of 19, it tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the horrible crime against humanity that he committed. The story begins with a series of letters from Robert Walton to his sister in England regarding the progress of his trip to the North Pole. While trapped, Walton meets Victor Frankenstein, a weak and sick man who travels by dog ​​sled. Walton takes him aboard the ship and helps restore him to health. Walton befriends Frankenstein and Victor decides to tell Robert the story that led him to this point. Victor begins to describe his childhood in Geneva, with his friends Elizabeth Lavenza, a girl adopted by Victor's mother and the one who was supposed to be Victor's wife, and Henry Clerval. , a classmate of Victor's. At 17, Victor began studying natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Ingolstadt. There, he fell in love with the secret of life and, after several years of searching, became convinced that he had found it. Victor spends months in the secrecy of his apartment creating a creature from old body parts that he brings to life. When he looks at the monster he has created, the sight horrifies him and he runs into the streets. Victor meets Henry, who has come to study at university, and he takes his friend back to his apartment. Although the monster is gone, Victor becomes horribly ill. Disgusted by his actions, Victor prepares to return to Geneva. However, just before leaving college, he received a letter telling him that his youngest brother had been killed. Victor hurries home, and while passing through the woods where William was strangled, he sees the monster and becomes convinced that the monster killed his brother. Arriving in Geneva, Victor discovers that the body of Justine Moritz, a ...... middle of paper ...... will die on the ice. Victor Frankenstein transforms throughout the novel from a young innocent fascinated by science. into a guilt-ridden man determined to destroy his creation. Whether it's his desire for the divine power to create new life or his avoidance of the types of science practiced in public, Victor's lack of humanity is his downfall. He isolates himself from the world and ends up devoting himself with non-human obsession to taking revenge on his creation. At the end of the novel, Victor tells his story to Robert Walton and then dies. With multiple narrators and multiple perspectives, the novel gives the reader contrasting versions of Victor: the classic mad scientist, who destroys all boundaries without worry, and the courageous adventurer of unknown sciences, who should not be held responsible for the consequences of his explorations..