Write an essay of 900-1200 words in response to the following prompt
All three of the major intertwined narratives in the novel recall the model of a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story that relates the growth of a sensitive person from childhood or youth into adulthood. Typically, this kind of story ends at a point of maturity, when the protagonist has come to terms with the values of society, and is in turn accepted by it. Write an essay in which you consider how these narratives (Walton’s as told to his sister, Victor’s as told to Walton, and the Creature’s as told both to Victor at the center of the novel and to Walton at the end) reflect the maturity, or lack of it, in the three major male characters. Why does maturity (in the sense of social integration or reintegration) prove impossible for both Victor and the Creature? Is Walton’s position different? After answering these questions in an essay of at least four developed paragraphs, with specific examples and analyses from the text, write a final paragraph or short letter in which Walton addresses his sister and sums up what he has learned or taken away from his experience of striving to reach the North Pole, and encountering Frankenstein and the creature.
