Brother William is murdered. A letter from his father relays this bad news. Frankenstein returns home and is greeted by a thunderstorm. Sees the creature in the storm and believes that it was he who killed his brother.

But a relative, Justine is accused, convicted, and executed. Frankenstein blames himself not only for William’s death but for Justine’s also; certain that it was the creature who committed the atrocities. He leaves home to consider his guilt.

He journeys up a mountain alone, just for that purpose; to be alone with his thoughts and feelings. There, he meets his creation, and the creature offers explanation for his crimes.

Though the creature is physically more agile, stronger, and larger than man, he still requires food, air, water, shelter, and warmth. He has all the human senses, and from watching people busying themselves with domestic chores, he learns how to build fires by which to keep warm.

The creature convinces Frankenstein to listen to what he’s been through; pleading for compassion and understanding.

11:30 PM: Read chapters 12 and 13. The creature continues his explanation his life thus far, and how he transformed from a benevolent soul to one full of anger and hatred toward the human race. In this part of his tale, he befriends a family in a cabin in the woods. He helps them with their daily chores without revealing himself to them. He learns basic language skills by observing them and how to use various tools and to prepare food.

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12:15 AM: We decided to read chapter 6 as well. Frankenstein receives a letter from Elizabeth becoming him to write more and telling him about the happenings in Geneva (his home town) and with his family. It’s now over a year since he created the creature without so much as a glimpse of it. Probably a good thing, as Frankenstein relapses into his nervous malady any time he sees or discusses tools or theories associated with that “ill-fated” project.