Similar

"How all this will terminate, I know not; but I had rather die than return shamefully,--my purpose unfulfilled" (160). This line is written by Walton in a letter to his sister. I could not help but notice how similar this sort of determination is to Victor. Walton wanted so badly to complete his quest and be the first explorer to make it to the arctic circle; Victor was unresting until he took revenge on the monster and killed his creation. Both men fail to succeed in their goals. Walton's crew threatens him if he does not give the order to head south; Victor dies in his pursuit in the arctic. Both men also write to their families, specifically Walton's sister and Victor's cousin, in the subject of their whereabouts and well being. I find it very fitting that Walton frames Victor's story in a letter to his sister. Not only does it give the story a complex, intriguing structure of the novel, but it also points out the obvious parallels between Walton and Victor.