In the beginning of this book, it was hard to follow on who was the speakers, or who was being talked about but once the story it self began it was a lot easier to follow.
When i was reading the four letters that Robert Walton was writing to his sister, Margarette Saville, i noticed that even with Robert's exploration accomplishments, his moods were so back and forth.
The first letter he was so up beat and excited to fill his sister in on what was to happened and where he was and going to be. "to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river" (pg.7-8).
The second letter, his mood completely flip flops. He's feeling lonely and isolated as if he has no one friend in the world. He also acts as if hes too good for his shipmates besides from being their captain. "these are useless complaints; i shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean, nor even here in Archangel, among merchants, and seaman"(pg.10).
The third letter, Robert is back to high spirits and very confident in the way the voyage is going. Not even a good incident had come their way, yet.
The fourth letter he reports that the ship is stuck in ice with no land for miles until the get a glimmer of hope, once the man like creature is seen on the sled, that land is not as far away as they thought. He not only saved a mans life, that man ended up fulfilling the captains one wish, having a friend.
I agree and would say that Walton's moods were unpredictable and random to say the least. Walton's mood definitely changed about his crew that he had hired. When he first hired the crew he had good things to say of them, for example Walton said, "those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend, and are certainly possesed of dauntless courage." (Shelley 9).
ReplyDeleteMaybe Walton's moods were presented like this for a reason though. Mary Shelley seemed to do a good job describing her characters in detail. This may have been a way to keep the readers attention at the beginning of the book, since the book started off a little slow. However, in some instances Shelley was somewhat confusing. It was hard to tell, at some points in the book, who was speaking, or telling the story. Overall Shelley did a swell job and it was a good book.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I first read the book I was somewhat confused on who was telling the story. I first believed it was a woman disguising herself as a man. “ You may deem me as romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend. “ ( Shelley, 10.)
ReplyDeleteWalton at first was excited about starting a new adventure. Like Alex said he was excited for his crewmen, he had high hopes of them. The second letter he shows his more sensitive side. Wanting a friend and companion. The third letter he is more hopeful providing Elizabeth with knowledge that he is now safe. The fourth letter was the most interesting. This is were Victor’s ship crashes and he finds Victor on a glacier. He eager to retrieve Victor to safety because he feels as if he can find a friend in him. Though agree Walton had mixed emotions in the beginning of the book, it can also be concluded that Walton is merely sharing his feelings with us. Shelley is merely previewing the mixed emotions seen throughout the entire reading.