Frakeinstein is a famous book written by Mary Shelley. It is composed by letters, written by Robert Walton, to his sister, Margaret. The first one is written when Walton is at St. Petersburg. The Russian city is his fist step for starting his adventure. Robert tells his sister about how this is a dream coming to reality (he dreamed to travel to North Pole and study this region since he was a boy).
In letter 2, Walton is in Archangel searching for sailors to accompany him. In the letter, Robert writes Margaret the sentence "what can stop the determined heart and resolved will of men" (which I found very intelligent, because, if we think about it, is a very genuine sentence: we never give up of our dreams when we are very determined to achieve it!). He tells her about the history of the men he hired as well.
29 days passed from letter 3 (the shortest letter of the book, in which Robert announces his departure) until letter 4. In this last letter, Walton narrates a strange accident that happened. The ship got stranded. Sometime later, the attention of the sailors was attracted by a sled, ridden by a giant man, that rapidly passed in front of the ship. The next day, Robert sees a man being removed from the sea by his sailors. The ice broke during the night and he nearly died. He is exhausted, and almost frozen. Walton wants to asks him thousands of questions, but prefers to let the man relax. However, the lieutenant decides to ask him why he was in such a far region in such a strange vehicle. The man answers that he was following one who fled from him.
Time passes and Walton starts loving his new "passenger" as a brother, who is very polite, quiet, and seems to be a true gentleman.
8 days passes when Walton starts to write again. After learning about Robert's project, the man gets impressed. He believes Walton is going to have the same faith he had. He then starts to tell his story, to which Walton listens attentively.
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