Victor

After reading a good portion of this book Victor stands out to me as a very interesting character. He had a very good childhood but some of the things that he went through can be uncanny and plays a role into the charaterization of who he is. The story of his mother is very interesting because she had more of a maternal connection with his sister than him. As a child growing up watching your mother love and care for someone, until they die is can change how a person feels about themselves and the people around them. After understanding what he went through, watching his mother give her life in care of his sister makes Victor wanted someone to look out and care for him in the same way. So I fully understand his passion and desire to find someone who can devote themselves over to him with nothing in return, much like a mothers love. It could be possible that Victor is trying to fill a void left behind by his mother, and he wants that maternal love from someone. Even in reading the letters that Victor wrote to his sister it is clear that he desires something that he cannot find in his father or sister. His thirst for knowledge and someone to care about him can almost be directly related to his mother not giving him as much attention as his sister. Victor’s personality is very strange to say the least, but i do strongly believe that he is plagued by the actions of his mother