Irony

"You traveled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you..." pg 133

Everywhere that Frankenstein goes, his creature follows him. He keeps trying to run away from the problem and deny the existence of his creation. However, his foot steps are very obvious and have done so much damage to Frankensteins life. The best thing for him to do is to confront the monster but he is to scared to stop the thing that he created.This vicious circle will probably cause the downfall of Frankenstein. He has no choice but to create a companion for his creation but the first monster killed off 3 of his friends. Frankenstein is torn as a result of his foolish decisions. I think that he should kill Frankenstein so he doesn't have to worry about him destroying his life anymore.

Marriage

"I confess, my son, that I have always looked forward to your marriage with our dear Elizabeth as the tie of our domestic comfort, and the stay of my decliniong years." pg 109

Victor's father finally tells him that he should probably marry Elizabeth sooner of later. His father is getting very old and the whole family has gone through much pain lately. I think that it would be the perfect thing to call Victor down and make him go back to him old self. I wonder how Elizabeth has been taking Victor since he has been home. He has been completely different from his old self and walks around depressed. They are not as close as they used to be yet she still wants to marry him. Vctor knows that he has to complete making the monster before he marries her but he keeps putting it off. I think that they will never get married because of all the bad decisions that Victor continues to make.

Antagonist

"I do refuse it," I replied; "and no torture shall ever extort a consent from me." pg. 104

Frankenstein is refusing to create a companion for his creation out of fear. He is terrified of his first creation and the thought of making another makes him tremble. When he doesn't look at his creation, he feels sorry for him and even wants to help him. I think that he should just listen to what he is saying and try to understand what he feels. It is not fair that he rejected his creation right after it came to life. He had to learn about the world all on his own and had gone through immeasurable pain. I think Frankestein makes himself miserable by over thinking everything. If he would find someone to be with his creature, they would both be happy. Instead, he is causing unncessary death by making the monster upset. The monster will only kill more people as Frankenstein keeps refusing.

Protagonist

"I swear," he cried, "by the blue sky of Heaven, and by the fire of love that burns my hear, that if you grant my prayer, while they exist you shall never behold me again." pg 107



The monster is a tortured person who just wants to love and be loved. I sympathize with him at this part and i really feel sorry for him, especially since he was just rejected by the family that he had watched over for a very long time. The creature is trying as hard as he can to get Frankenstein to understand what he has been going through during his life on earth. He wants him to understand that if he had a companion his life wouldn't be such agony. All Frankenstein wants is for his creature to go away and never bother them again. However, the creature promises that if he makes a mate for him, he will disapear and never interfere on his life again. I think that Frankenstein should grant him his request in order for them to both have peaceful lives.

Foreshadowing

"Pardon this gush of sorrow' these ineffectual words are but a slight tribute to the unexampled worth of Henry, but they soothe my heart, overflowing with the anguish which his remembrance creates." pg.114

Many times throughout this story I forget that Frankenstein is telling it. When I was reading this part i was really confused at what was going on. I thought i missed something that happened to Henry and I kept rereading. The frame story goes so deep that the reader forgets that it is a recall of the past and not the present. I knew that something bad was going to happen to Henry because of this foreshadowing sentence. This built up the suspense for the next chapter. I was holding on and couldn't put the book down until I found out was going to happen. Unfortunately, the monster kills Henry in revenge. This is predictable but what happens to Victor in return is not. I never expected him to be blamed for his best friends death.

Did the monster kill William?

"What did he there? Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? pg. 50

The family blames the innocent Justine as the murderer of William and she eventually admits to this out of fear. However, Victor is convinced that his monster did it. I thought that the second that I read that his brother was killed. But when the monster starts to talk about his secluded life and all the innocent things that he did, I changed my mind about it. I still have not figured out who killed the brother but now I don't think it was Justine of the monster. It seems that the monster wouldn't hurt a fly. I hope the book eventually tells us who did it because I can't guess the ending to this one. Victor makes himself sick blaming himself but in the end I don't think it is his fault. Hopefully the ending of the monster's story makes him feel better.

More Irony

"I was siezed by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures, such as no language can describe". pg 61

After hearing about the death of his brother, Victor rushes home to be with his family. He hasn't seen them for years and years. Clerval tells him that they need him home to console Elizabeth. However, Victor experience more pain and anguish than all of them combined. Even when the family begins to get over it, Victor always wears a face of despair. His father yells at him saying that he loved William very much but there comes a time when you should move on. Also, when Elizabeth starts to get over it she tells Victor that he needs to let it go. She tells him that it wasn't his fault and there is nothing he can do about it. This, however, torments Victor even more. It is ironic that Victor came home to comfort his family and he ends up causing them even more worry.

frame story

"Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught? Hear me, -- let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips!" pg 12

The story starts on with a boy writing letters to his sister telling him about his thirst for adventure. It was hard to jump into these letters because the audience receives no direct information about these characters. Soon after, the brother starts telling his sister about a figure of a man that they saw out on the ice (the monster!). This is foreshadowing because it gives us clues to the mystery of this being. Then they discover a man who is almost froze to death. They carry him aboard and he reveals his story to the brother in the intent of teaching him a lesson. I keep forgetting throughout this story that it is being told. Later, the monster starts to tell another story to the man who is telling the story to the man that is telling us the story. (sooo confusing) It is a story within a story within a story. And i wonder if it will go on?

Irony

"Dearest Clerval," exclaimed I, "how kind, how very good you are to me. this whole winter, instead of being spent in study, as you promised yourself, has been consumed in my sick room. HOw shall I ecer repay you?" pg 39

Victor spends two whole years completely entranced in his creation of life. He works himself sick night and day making the monster. Ironically, in the desperate creation of life, he is slowly killing himself. He doesn't take care of himself and doesn't even stop to get rest. When Clerval comes to see him, he finds Victor in horrible condition. He is restless and he has dark circles under his eyes. Victor is so concerned with the human that he is creating that he stop worrying about himself. In the end, it all catches up to him and he stays in bed for a very long time. He misses out on spending time with his family and lives in fear that the monster will eventually come back.

Simile.

"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home." pg. 19

Victor looks at Elizabeth in many different ways. He looks at her as a family member because he has grown up with her his whole life. Even though they are not related, she is like his sister because they were raised by the same parents. However, he also looks at her as his companion. He calls her "my Elizabeth" and is constantly reflecting on her beauty. Also, on his mother's deathbed, she asked told them to join in union. Part of me thinks it's creepy that these two have been raised like siblings but have a romantic relationship. In these times, however, it was normal to marry your cousin. The way Victor looks at Elizabeth is extreme. He looks at her as a pure and beautiful spirit and i think she is the only thing that keeps him sane.

Climax

" "When it's done, only one of us will walk out of this room alive,"Assef said. "If it's him, then he's earned his freedom and you let him pass, do you understand?" " (pg. 287)

This is a make or break moment for Amir. He has come all this way and put himself in incredible danger for this boy. Amir knows that it is time to redeem the sin he comitted when he was a young boy. He is scared but confident that he will be the one walking out of that room with Sohrab. It is a huge step for Amir and a turning point in his life. Before, he was a coward and would have ran out of the room as soon as he found out who he was dealing with. Hearing the truth about Hassan being his brother made the pain of his action illuminate that much more. Amir fights for his nephew because he has realized that that is the most important thing to him. It will give him the peace of mind that he has been longing for since childhood.

Assef

His name escaped my lips: "Assef." "Amir jan." Amir comes to face to face with his biggest enemy. He has no idea that the person that has Hassan's son is the same man that raped Hassan. I think that when he realizes who he is dealing with, he becomes even more desperate for Sohrab. Amir is angry as all the thoughts of what this man has done to both Hassan and Sohrab rush into his head. He wasn't able to stop Assef from raping Hassan years ago but Amir is determined to stop this abuse on Sohrab. When they fight, Amir has peace of mind. He has finally fought back for once in his life. He has finally stood up for something. He laughs as Assef is hitting him because Amir is being set free from all the torture that he has gone through thinking about what he let happen to Hassan. Assef is mentally insane and he lives for violence. He represents Amir's biggest struggle and in this chapter, he is overcame.

Resolution

"I don't want to go to another orphanage," he said. "I won't ever let that happen. I promise you that. " I cupped his hand in both of mine. "Come home with me." His tears were soaking the pillow He didn't say anything for a long time. Then his hand squeezed mine. And he nodded. He nodded. To me, the story ended right at this point. This is the time when Amir is preparing to start anew with Sohrab. He has moved on from his past and has finally decided to do something about it. Sohrab has had a rough life and it is up to Amir to do whatever he can to make things easier for him. He promises he will never let him go back into an orphanage. This promise is telling him that he will always make sure he has a roof over his head and food to eat. He is promising him that he will always take care of him. Amir is finallly making ammends with Hassan by taking in his son.

Dynamic Character

"Would you like to come to America and live with me and my wife?" (pg. 320) Amir asks Sohrab to come and live with him and to become part of his family. Amir has made a big change in his life because he has finally stopped thinking so much about himself and is concentrationg on other people. He knows he owes this much to his best friend Hassan. Before, when tragedy presented itself, Amir ran away from the truth and did nothing to improve the situation. He would not stick up for himself or Hassan. Now, he fights for Hassan's son and is sticking up for himself. He is becoming more like his father and he is learing how to take on the world. This change makes him the hero of the story. His main interest now is Sohrab and giving him a better life.

Flashback

"Baba marinating lamb for my thirteenth birthday party. Soraya and I making love for the first time, the sun rising in the east, our ears still ringing r\from the wedding music, her henna-painted hands laced in mine....How dark, almost black Hassan's blood had looked in the snow, dropping from the seat of his pants..." (pg.310) This paragraph of flashbacks is a progression of all the happy things that Amir is remembering to the bad things. He is dreaming this things because they have had such a huge impact on his life. The author puts these flashbacks in to show the reader how Amir is reminiscing on them and is moving on in his life. Amir is redeeming his sin against Hassan as a child by adopting his child. He is finally forgiving himself for the wrong he has done. This transition begins a new life for both Amir and his nephew.