Opening of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley opens her story Frankenstein with four letters from Robert Walton, an explorer traveling to the North Pole to find a passageway from the Pacific to the Atlantic, to his sister. In his letters, Walton describes difficulties he faces on his voage, and how he feels like an outcast compared to his fellow crew. He feels as though he is more intelligent than them, so does not feel like he belongs. Along the way to the North Pole, Walton and his fellow crew find a weak, starving, man that is close to death. At first, Walton is curious about the stranger, but end up finding out they have a lot in common, such as their knowledge. If I were to creat a ghost story, I would start off by describing the characters that are most affected by the ghost and the situation they are in. I would then bring the ghost into the story and describe the characteristic of the ghost, such as, if he/she were mean or nice.