"I said in one of my letters, my dear Margaret, that I should find no friend on the wide ocean; yet I have found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery, I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart." (13)
When Frankenstein’s creation was first brought to life, his newborn-like curiosity made him want to discover humans. However, he did not expect to befriend anyone, as he didn’t realize that he would come across anyone. Shelley uses Walton’s statement to both parallel and contradict that of the creations, as he simultaneously desired but did not expect to befriend anyone.
nice -- you have found quite an interesting idea in this notion of parallels throughout the novel
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