Before we meet the folks, don't forget that fourth hour had a vocab quiz today and any absentees will need to make this up next week. Also, the character charts were turned in today.
As for the main portion of today, we looked at those idealized members of the Frankenstein family and Victor's circle of friends: Father, Caroline, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Henry Clerval. As noted in fourth hour, all of their characterizations are flavored with a laudatory butter as Victor is nostalgically recalling his childhood past, a world that no longer exists with people that no longer exist (not really a spoiler on that one - he is alone hanging out in the northern regions of the world and lamenting his current situation). In groups, you shared your perceptions of these "minor" characters. I use quotation marks as these "minor" characters have a significant role in forming Victor and his eventual reactions to his own bambino.
After those four had their time, we looked at Victor and how a boy can change when he ends up off at college and without any discipline or guidelines for behavior. Instead of joining a frat and skipping classes, Victor instead decides to use his "materials" and construct a "creature" with lustrous black hair. A success at this, of all things, leads to the realization that Victor has not considered what to do with a large, reanimated "baby" that cannot speak, has trouble walking, and has very unfortunate yellow eyes. Ah, parenthood for the perpetual teenager, Victor Frankenstein. Make sure to read chapters 5-8 for Monday. In second hour, we are two pages into Victor's parental reactions, epithets of affection for his newborn, and the creature's attempts to bond with his father.
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