Frankenstein-- Garcia

Victor's mom's dad dies

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On page 32 the father got worse and had died in her arms. She suffered great grief from her father dying in her arms and then she became an orphan.

Adopting Elizabeth

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In chapter one, Elizabeth gets adopted into the Frankenstein family. Victor Frankenstein was astonished by her looks and soon developed feelings for her. (pg 34-35)

Frankenstein Chapters

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Victor Frankenstein's Writing Dream is Ruined

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Victor Frankenstein is going to school and has a class where his teacher says that his writing is trash (pg 38). After that, he is forced to take a science class where he then develops making the creature

Victor Frankenstein's Career

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Pg 40; Victor notices that he wants to pursue a "career" in science. He wanted to banish diseases from the human frame but instead he later on creates a grotesque creature.

Victor Frankenstein's Professor

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Pg 45; Victor's professor in college didn't like his writing so he said he needed to pick a new class to study. He recommended chemistry and he took the offer into consideration.

Victor Frankenstein's New Career Starts

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Pg 48; Victor Frankenstein and M. Waldman go into the laboratory to get his hands on with chemistry. He explained all the different elements and things he should and shouldn't do. Victor Frankenstein became excited to the point it was a memorable day and where chemistry became his future destiny.

Victor's Thought On His Creation

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Pg 52; As Victor is still creating his creature, he believes that the creature is going to worship him. He also believes that the creature will owe it to himself since he will bringing the creature to life.

Gathering Items for the Creature

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Pg 50; Victor Frankenstein starts gathering his materials that he needs to be able to create the creature. He gathers bones from humans by going to the churchyard to be able to get these bones.

Victor's Development

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Pg 52; As Victor is creating the creature, he has a big amount of determination and ambition to bring something to life. He wants to be worshiped and have that feeling of ruling over something that he created.

The Living Creature

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Pg 56-57; The creature became alive. Once Victor noticed the creature was alive, he had no idea what to do or say. He automatically went to hide for his own safety. He mentioned that the creature was a "demoniacal corpse", which in fact is true. Once Victor had went to hide for his own safety, the creature escaped.

Clerval and Victor's Conversation

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Pg 59; Victor goes and sees Clerval. Clerval then realizes that something is off with his fellow friend. He asks what is wrong and asked if he has been getting enough sleep lately. Victor says he has been occupied with something lately and it hasn't allowed him to get a good night's rest. He was feared on what was going to happen next since the creature is out on the loose.

Victors Teacher Talks to Clerval and Frankenstein

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Pg 66; 'Why, M. Clerval, I assure you he has outstripped us all...' continued he, observing my face expressing suffering." When Victor talks to both Clerval and his teacher, they are all freaking out with fear and dread.

Justine Accused of Murdering William

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Pg 76; "Indeed, who would credit that Justine Moritz, who so aimable and fond of all the family, could suddenly become capable of so frightful, so appalling a crime?" Victor Frankenstein who was responsible for the death of innocent William. He felt guilty about Justine being the one being accused of this harsh event.

Justine is on Trial

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Pg 78; "A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine." As Justine goes to trial, Victor worries he won't be able to save her from the death penalty. He failed and didn't save her and felt guilty and then he finally goes after the creature.

Victors Development (Justine's Death)

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Pg 85; "I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow up on the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." As both of Victor's loved ones died, he gathers up strength while he is grieving over his loved ones. He gathered up strength to get rid of the creature once and for all. He has another set of determination and ambition to get rid of this creature.

Victor Retreats to Nature

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Pg 89; "It was during an access of this kind that I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows." Victor goes towards nature because he wants to be able to find where the creature ran off to. He also used that time to think of ideas on what to do and say about the creature.

The Monster Begins to Tell His Tale

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Pg 97; "But I consented to listen; and, seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale." The monster is upset that Victor is assuming that he is a bad person. Victor decides to give it a shot in listening to what the creature has to say and see if it is even worth it to kill something that is living even though he considered it to be demonic.

The Monster Finds the Cottage and is in Awe

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Pg 103; "It was a lovely sight, even to me, poor wretch who had never beheld aught beautiful before." The creature is in awe of the cottage because of the way it is built. He notices the people that live in the cabin and begins to be more in awe and he starts to teach himself to speak and learns new things by watching this cottage.

The Creature Learns to Speak

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Pg 109; "These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language." Since the creature is in so much awe of his surroundings, he begins to learn new things. He's teaching himself to speak by watching the actions of the family that lives in the cottage and listens in to their conversations to be able to understand the language.

Monster Perfectly Understands Language and Communication

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Pg 112; "The stranger learned about 20 words at the first lesson; most of them, indeed, were those which I had before understood, but I profited by the others."As the monster continues to watch the cottage, he now fully understands the language and communication between the people who live in the cottage. He notices that the stranger also doesn't know the language and is now learning the language as well.

The Unjust Accusation of Safie's Father

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Pg 117; "The father of Safie had been cause of their ruin. He was a Turkish merchant and had inhabited Paris for many years when, for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government." Now that the monster understands what the family is saying, he can understand their story, which is weirdly like what has happened to Victor's family. Safie's Turkish father was accused wrongly of a crime like Justine, and sentenced to death in Paris.

The Monster's Discovery

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Pg 124; The monster finds some of Victor's journal entries in the pockets of the clothes he initially took from Victor. He made a very big mistake. He discovers that Victor was totally grossed out by him and hated that he had brought the monster to life.

The De Lacey Family Flees

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Pg 132; Seeing as everyone hates him for no fair reason, the monster swears revenge on all people, particularly that person who created him only to live miserably, ugly, and alone.

Another Possible Creature Gets Turned Down

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Pg 138; Victor tells Walton that he is refusing the monster's request of another creature. The creature thinks otherwise, he believes as a creator that he deserves to have a mate.

"Creating a Second Creature"

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Pg 144-145; Victor Frankenstein told the creature that he is going to make another creature. He lied to the creature because he doesn't want the monster to go kill more of his loved ones.

Another Monster in the Making

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Pg 155-156; Victor then rushes off to the Orkneys, where he can work on his lady monster in solitude. Victor spends all his time alone with his half-finished monster and a guilty conscience.

Breaking News to the Creature

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Pg 165; Victor Frankenstein is coming up with many different scenarios on what could go wrong if there is another creature his world. He ends up deciding he is no longer going to create another creature and has to break the bad news to the monster. After that Victor flees to a nearby town.

Victor's Development

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Pg 156 ;He came up with different scenarios and that means he is actually acknowledging what is going on. He has grown significantly as a person by noticing more of his surroundings and his actions on what to do in a certain situation.

Victor Knows the Monster Will be with him on his Wedding Night

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Pg 167; "On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death." The monster is threatening Victor for not making a second creature. He continues to make threats towards him until he gets what he wants from Victor.

Elizabeth Dies

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Pg 184; "The murderous mark of the fiend's grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips." The monster got what he wanted and was able to murder Elizabeth. Victor also completely loses it because his love of his life is now no longer alive.

Rain on Victor and Elizabeth's Wedding Day

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Pg 188; "The rain had seized for a moment, and I saw the fish play in the waters as they had done a few hours before; they had been observed by Elizabeth." Rain on a wedding day is not a good sign. Usually it means the situation isn't going to work out and in that case it doesn't.

Snow and Cold as Victor is chasing the monster

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Pg 195; "As I still pursued my journey to the northward, the snows thickened and the cold increased in a degree almost too severe to support." The weather gets too cold for Victor and at the end of this chapter he ends up dying and the monster ends up completely alone and in agony.

Victor's Development

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Victor didn't develop from the last time. All he did was be more brave towards going after the monster in freezing temperatures and ended up dying.