Frankenstein- The End

"He sprung from the cabin window, as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves ,and lost in darkness and distance." page 166

To be honest, I was really disappointed with how the book ended. From the very moment Walton sees Victor and takes him on board and also sees the creature of a "gigantic stature" I was expecting an intense scene with Victor and the creature. However, this did not happen. Instead, out of misery and poor health and rampant monster murderers, everyone in this book dies. Although it did not have the action or intensity that I expected to occur, I thought of a theme that Mary Shelley may have been trying to portray. Extremes of anything in life are not good. For Victor, his extreme obsessiveness with his creation turned out badly. The creature obsessing over trying to find happiness and love through other people failed and he ended up hating humanity. In our world, it is very easy to become engrossed in certain things and not focus on anything else. But, as this novel shows, it is imperative that we focus on other things and realize everything that the world has to offer. Without this, awful things can happen and we could end up like Victor and the creature and be unhappy, scared, and become people we are not.