Walton is not a reliable narrator. Though he may relate the tale to the best of his abilities, Walton 's perception is way different than Victor Frankenstein ‘ The fact that Roberts found Victor in the middle of nowhere, I believe that commenced this weird attachment, more like a fondness and curiosity that grew on him. Victor seemed so mysterious and that he experienced many hardships, this opened up the accumulated emotions that Robert had of loneliness and unorthodox feelings he had bottled up. The reader can be easily influenced in a narrator but it depends on how the reader views Walton 's character. That will be the great effect in how the reader perceives the rest of the story a whole, because his relationship will be biased, of course. He uses the word …show more content…
Victor is to blame for the deaths of William, Justine, Henry, Elizabeth, and his father. While not directly responsible, meaning the deaths were not by his hand, he is responsible for creating the being which was responsible for the deaths In today’s court system, Justine may have had a better chance of being found innocent. Today we have more technology for fingerprinting. They could have examined any prints on the necklace and compared them to Justine’s. They also could look at the hand and finger prints on the boy’s neck. I assume that Justine’s hands are not the same size of those of the monster. These two pieces of evidence could prove that she did not strangle William. Lie detector tests are also an option to prove innocence Victor becomes ill and depressed, and he even has thoughts of suicide. This plot device is reoccuring so that we as readers can fully comprehend his torment over his own actions. Shelly in my opinion tries to give her readers a sense of imagery by saying that victor was frightened by the creature he created. This shows that his creature was not attractive, and that he was extremely