INSTRUCTIONS: All blogs must be at least five complete sentences.
- Click on: E-BOOKS/CURRENT NOVEL: FRANKENSTEIN, MARY SHELLEY
- Read: Letters 1 - 4
- Write a blog to Mrs. Q's prompt entitled "Homework: January 18" +55 pts
- Write a blog response to at least one classmate +55pts
Explain how the Letters frame the upcoming story of Frankenstein.
in letter one, robert walton writes a letter to his sister; margret telling her about his voyage to the artic. on the second letter, robert tells his sister how lonely he is. then on the third letter robert tells his sister how their ship got stuck in the ice and there was this gigantic human like stature being pulled by a dog sled but they didn't get the chance to talk to him because he dissapeared in the fog. then in letter four it talks about walton meeting up with this other guy who was standing on a sheet of ice. and walton and his crew took the guest on board and kept him warm. after that, walton talks about how he becomes close to the guest and tells him about his life, but the guest doesn't reelly say anything because he doesn't want to tell walton about his own life. but then he ends up telling him anyway and that's how Frankenstein came about.
ReplyDeleteLetter 1:
ReplyDeleteThe beginning of this novel talk from the explorer Robert Walton to is sister, Margaret Saville. Walton, an Englishman who is a captain of a ship, which is on a dangerous voyage to the North Pole. In this letter, he tells his sister of the preparations leading him to his departure and the passion in him to accomplish "some great purpose"-discovering a northern passage to the Pacific, revealing the source of the Earth’s magnetism, or simply setting foot on undiscovered territory.
Letter 2 & 3:
In this letter Robert tells his sister that he had no friends and that he is lonely. He has a change of personality and shows his love and affection towards his ship mates. He also tells his sister that he has set sailed and hopes to make is to his detination.
Letter 4:
In this letter Robert's ship ends up getting stuck on a huge block of ice and so they are stuck for awhile. While they wait they see a dog sled being pulled by a human, but they are unable to see the persons face. The next morning they encounter another dog sled with a weak old man on it. They sled was floating on a floe of ice. It conatined only one dog while the rest have died during their voyage. The ship mates try to bring the man a board but the man i curious to get aboard. When the weak old man finds out where the ship is going he gets aboard the ship. When the weak old man gets aboard the ship mates wish to ask him a BUNCH of question, but Walotn denies. As time goes on the old weak man and Walton end up being friends. The old rugged man tells Walton his life story.
-tiana
@tiana- nice response, you really got into detail.
ReplyDeleteIn response to letters 1-4:
ReplyDeletei think the letters framed the upcoming story well. it gave a lot of detail about robert walton. Victor showed that this story probably won't be too happy. obviously it does not have such a happy ending because of the state that Victor is in and his feelings on telling robert of his life.the letters made me want to know more of victor's life.
-aaron s.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete@michelle ; Michelle's blog is simple and straight to the point, and also easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteHomework: chapter 18
ReplyDeleteIn letter 1 a man named Robert Walton is writing a letter to his sister. He tells his sister that he is going on a voyage to the artic. In letter 2 he writes to his sister that he yearns for a friend and begins to feel lonely. In letter 3 he writes to his sister and tells her about how he saw this non-humanlike/monstrous man being pulled by a sled of dogs. Robert tries to keep a look out for him but lost track because he dissapeared in fog, and plus his ship isnt able to move because it is stuck in ice and is frozen. In letter 4 he shares to his sister that they brought a man on board after he they saw him drift towards their boat and isnt in good condition. After a while Robert begins to feel compassion towards their guest and his guest feels the same way towards him. After some time his guest tells his "story" and thats how the story of frankenstein begins to be told.
Homework: January 18
ReplyDeleteLetters 1-4
To me all the letters really explained Robert Walton. Victor showed that his story of his life won't be to happy. It's sad. In letter 1 He is writing a letter to his sister Elizabeth. He told her about his voyage to the artic. In letter 2 he writes to his sister about him having no friends and loneliness. In letter 3 He wrote to his sister about him seeing a big monstrous man being pulled by a sled of dogs. In letter 4 he wrote to his sister about them bringing the man aboard because he is not in good condition. He feels good about the guest's and the guest's feels the same way too. He told the guest his story and that's how Frankenstein Begins begins being told.
Good blog Tiana. Preety long blog but good one.
ReplyDeleteHomework : January 18
ReplyDeleteThe letters tell about how Robert ends up going on a voyage and meeting Victor Frankenstein. Victor is the creator of Frankenstein. It frames the story by giving an idea as to why Victor wants to tell Robert about what he did. He wants Robert to write it down, so he can just get it off his chest. I think it's because he doesn't want people to somewhat make the mistake he did.
@ Deshon - Your blog was good and you explained the letters well (:
ReplyDeleteThe letters were to his sister about being away, friendship and the things leading up to victor and his story.
ReplyDelete@J.Mant
Stiraght and to the point. good.