Frankenstein Blog #1

Compare and Contrast Walton and The Stranger

I believe Robert Walton and the Stranger are similar because they share that drive and feeling of ambition for trying to accomplish something important or extraordinary. They are both intelligent and more on the sophisticated side. But, of course, the stranger is in bad condition when Walton finds him. So, physically, the aren't the same.. yet. But, the way they go about things and think about things are more similar than Walton is with his crew, which is way he writes to his sister, Margaret, that he feels alone out there. But, there are some differences between them. Walton can be seen as the young adventurer or scientist that is eager to discover something and not really thinking it all the way through. The stranger seems wiser and appears to have already done something that has impacted him a great deal, which causes him to be more quiet than anything. He recognizes that Walton seeks the knowledge and wisdom, as he once did. And, the stranger actually admits that he has experienced some evils and should let that knowledge of those evils die with him. And, he wishes that Walton's wishes of knowledge and discovery don't come back to bit him like it did with him. But, because Walton and himself are similar and have possess that eagerness of discovery, he wants to tell Walton his story so that he doesn't make the same mistake... I imagine. But, we'll have to wait and find out what has happened to this stranger...