"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct." (page 70)
First of all, this is the 100th blog of this AP Lit class which I feel merits some sort of celebration. For that reason I will now say "Happy 100th blog, everyone. We have now reached triple digits." Back on topic, this above quote begins a two chapter long (and quite possibly longer, but we have not read to that point yet) flashback by the creature. The flashback is very important to the development of the plot, because it fills readers in on the past few years from the creature's perspective. (I am now debating of whether or not the C in creature should be capitalized because it is acting as his name for now.) The flashback lets the readers and Victor know what the creature has been up to from the time of the creation to the point when Victor meets up with the creature after William's murder. The point of the flashback inserted directly after the two years have happened in Victor's life is significant. I feel like their is some significance realted to the fact that Shelley placed it here. I noticed some correlations between Victor's happenings and attitudes and the creature's. The flashback is significant because we are given the creature's perspective of what has happened rather than readers only having Victor's horror.
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