Literature Spot 3Franken SteinBy Mary ShelleyMy name is Captain Walton.My ship was exploring the Arctic when we found a man on a piece of floating ice.He was called Victor Frankenstein.One night, he told me a strange tale.'My dear captain, how shall I begin? I grew up near Geneva. I was a happy child.My parents had two other sons, Ernest and William, and they took in an orphan, Elizabeth.When I was seventeen, I went to the University of Ingolstadt.A professor there inspired me to study chemistry.This changed my life as I became obsessed with the search for the secret of life.I worked day and night for two years and, finally, I found the secret.To test my discovery, I decided to create a new life in the laboratory.I collected parts of bodies and, after two years, I was ready to bring my creature to life.But when I saw the monster I had created, I felt horror and disgust.How can I describe the monster?You could see the muscles under his thin, yellow skin.His hair was long and black, his teeth were pearly white,but his eyes were watery and his lips black.
