English 11 Homework for Monday, May 4th:

1. Frankenstein: Now that you have read to the end of Chapter 10, it is time to consider the important themes that are building and to track them throughout the novel.

a) Go back through the first 10 Chapters and build the following five themes:                             1)Friendship/Companionship                         2)Parenting
3)Education
4)Human Nature                                          5)Power of Nature.

Start a page for each Theme and develop each of them from Chapters 1-10 and beyond as you read the novel. Each theme entry will require the following:

a) Type of Theme
b) The plot point or quote from the story and the page number
c) a clear explanation of how it develops that theme. 

Example: this is one example of one entry. There will be many entries for each theme.        

Theme: Friendship/Companionship                  
The Quote or Passage                                
Walton, in his letters to his sister, tells her of his "desire [for] the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine" (Walton's Letters, 18).   

The Explanation:
Walton is on a sea adventure to the Arctic, to where no man has ever set foot before. He is wants to test himself, learn something new, and "confer on all mankind" what he learns.  Though he is thrilled to be on this journey, he yearns for someone who has the same adventurous spirit and intellect as himself, who can accompany him and keep him steady on his purpose. He finds this companion in the stranger he saves on the ice, who warns him and encourages him on his quest.