Outside Reading: Journal #1

Frankenstein By:  Mary Shelley
I chose this book because everyone knows the famous horror story of Frankenstein and his monster, I wanted to know the real story.
I knew before I started reading this book that Dr. Frankenstein creates a monster and therefore creating life.
I hope to learn about Dr. Frankenstein and how he became Dr. Frankenstein.  Classic horror stories are interesting to me, like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, so I thought I'd learn about one of the most famous.

Journal 1
This book is about Victor who becomes Dr. Frankenstein.  He lives a very good life, he has money, a loving family, and is very smart.  In the first chapter it seems that in spite of this good life one can already tell that the misery is building within him.  At a young age he was reading ancient science book and idolized scientists whose methods and studies were cast off as outlandish and aren't followed.  His father's disapproval only made him more engaged in the subject and this hooked Victor into the sciences.
His family plays a huge role in his life from what I've read.  His father's opinion plays a part on the way he looks at things, his mother's past seems to fascinate him in a way, Elizabeth his cousin/future wife seems to be his companion from the beginning, he even says "From the time Elizabeth Lavenza became my playfellow, and, as we grew older, my friend." and they care for each other even if they are young, his brothers Ernest and William play as a form of innocence in his life, and his friend Henry Clerval is his extremely smart friend that brings him joy with his plays like Robin Hood and Amadis, that they acted out together and as an equally smart individual.
I like the author's, Mary Shelley, style in writing because she seems to bring up the past in the middle of present thoughts so the reader doesn't get confused and gets a further understanding of the characters and subjects in the book.
I feel like misery will just continue and become more noticeable as the book goes on.  I think that Victor will marry Elizabeth and she'll die because that seems to be the trend in this book with dying or very sick people, and that will be the last straw for Victor and he will turn into Dr. Frankenstein and try to maybe create someone that won't bring him pain.
?'s
1. Why do you think Victor is rebelling and learning about science that is labeled as outlandish and that his father told him not to read?
2.  Do you think that all the sickness and death in his family and its history has an effect on Victor? Explain.