Close Reading of a Passage

"My affection for my guest increases every day.  He excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree.  How can I see so noble a creature destroyed by misery without feeling the most poignant grief?  He is so gentle, yet so wise; his mind is so cultivated; and when he speaks, although his words are culled with the choicest art, yet they flow with rapidity and unparalleled eloquence" (Shelley 15).

I picked this paragraph out of "Frankenstein" for many reasons. It caught my attention by the passionate words she used. My first reaction to this passage was that she was really falling in love with this guy who she considers him as, "the stranger". After reading up to this point, I can't help but think the stranger will continue to be involved throughout the whole book. Right now, she is already writing in her journal about him. I think this paragraph contributes to the novel because I think as the story continues on, it will turn into a love story. Well, at least I hope it does; I love those kind of novels. On the other hand, it could have a totally different impression. "The stranger" ends up getting sick and is unable to talk. The crew on the ship takes care of him for a couple days and then he tells Walton, the captain, his story and they become good friends. Walton considers him to be a friend that he has always wanted. I'm excited to continue to read this novel because I've heard many good things about it! So far, it seems interesting and something that I could get into.

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Link: http://www.blackgate.com/2010/10/08/mary-shelley%E2%80%99s-frankenstein-and-the-power-of-myth-making/