So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Frankenstein ~ frame story

"But I consented to listen, and seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale" (page 70).

The story begins in the form of a letter; the entire plot takes place while Robert Walton is writing to his sister. He writes down Victor Frankenstein's story within the letter. Then, within Frankenstein's story...within the letter...the creature tells his own story to Frankenstein. It's a frame story within a frame story. These frame stories are all telling the story of one of the characters. The creature tells about what he has been doing since he was created and abandoned by Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein tell about how he ended up in the middle of the frozen water and why he is traumatized. All of this is being written down in a letter by Robert Walton. This could all be very confusing if it's not kept straight. However, the frame stories are ways to reveal details about each of the characters and their own unique experiences.
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