Frame Strory

"..listen to my history and you will understand how irrevocably it is determined." page 29
In the first six chapters we learn of Walton and his quest to the North Pole. HE begins the book as the sole narrator. However, this changes when Victor Frankenstein is taken aboard. For awhile we learn about Frankenstein through Walton's narrations but later Frankenstein desires to tell Walton his story. While we are learning Walton's story, we are then learning Frankensteins story and later in the book we will learn the monster's story. This frame story structure allows the narration of the book to be switched from character to character. It also allows for direct characterization. We learn the way that Walton thinks and who/what he values most. When Frankenstein is the narrator we learn the same things about him. I think this is an interesting way to tell a story because we can learn the plot from all view points and there are different events happening at the same time.