Mary Shelley was an extremely talented writer who used many different techniques to make Frankenstein so engaging. Her most remarkable tool was the way she managed to interweave stories into one another. Other books may do this once in their story, but Mary Shelley does it repeatedly, allowing us to see the story from other people's points of view. This technique is introduced at the beginning of the book when Robert Walton begins to tell us the story of a mysterious man who was found wandering on the ice in search of what he describes as a demon; this is done through letters to his sister. This intrigues the reader from the start and almost makes us want to read on and find out how this strange man, who we soon discovered was Victor Frankenstein, ended up on the ice chasing a creature he had created. Once the letters are finished, we begin the story told by Frankenstein. He describes his childhood in great detail before explaining why and how he created the monster. Once the monster comes to life and is alive, Frankenstein becomes horrified by what he had once called beautiful and flees his apartment. In the morning, he meets his friend Henry Clerval and invites him to come back to his apartment. When they enter, the creature does not sigh but soon falls ill with a nervous fever. Henry treats him and after a few months, when Frankenstein has recovered, gives him a letter that arrived from Frankenstein's sister, Elizabeth, during his illness. This adds another point of view as the letter explains what happened at the house while Frankenstein was away, including gossip from his previous neighbors and acquaintances. She also explains the story of a girl named Justine who now lives with them. As the story continues...... middle of paper ...... it is a European who then comes abroad by ship. It is soon discovered that the European is in pursuit of the first man Walton saw. This tells us that one way or another the story will end with Frankenstein on the ice searching for the monster. There are many points of foreshadowing in the story. Another example is found at the end of chapter 2. “It was an important effort of the spirit of good, but it was ineffective. Destiny was too powerful and its immutable laws had decreed my total and terrible destruction. “It shows how much Frankenstein believes in fate, but it also tells us that something terrible is going to happen to him. This hooks the reader because they want to know what will happen to them. Mary Shelley uses foreshadowing very well in the story because it makes the reader want to know more, pushing them to keep reading and making it so hard to put the book down..