In chapter seventeen, the monster is feeling very lonely. He is trying to explain to Victor how he would like to have a female friend and that it is his right to be able to have that kind of companionship in his life. The monster promises that he will take his companion to hide in the jungle of South America and stay away from human contact. He also promises Victor that he will not be compelled to kill anymore with a female companion. Those arguments convince Victor to create a female companion for the monster. The monster then wants to monitor all of Victor’s progress. After agreeing to create a female monster, Victor starts to doubt his decision. Victor’s father has realized that Victor looks troubled most of the time. Victor at this time …show more content…
He throws what is left of his creation into the water as he leaves the island that night. The winds died down that night and Victor is not able to return to shore. He starts to panic and he worries that he might die at sea. Then the winds picked back up again and he was then able to return to shore. He reaches a small town off of the shore from where he arrived. the people of the town did not greet him kindly. They told him that there was a murder the other night and that he was a suspect. After the people in the town told Victor, they took him to the town judge, Mr. Kilwin. Witnesses claimed that they found the body on the same shore where Victor was and that they has seen a boat in the water the night of the murder that looked very similar to Victor’s. The Judge brought Victor to see the dead body to observe his reaction. The judge hoping to get a reaction that would prove he was the killer got a reaction of horror from Victor. When Victor saw the body he realized immediately that is was his good friend Henry Clerval. Henry had big black marks all around his neck from the monster. The sight of Henry’s dead body makes Victor ill