Frankenstein and The Invention of Morel

I found the reading for this week to be highly enjoyable. Both Victor and the narrator of The Invention of Morel shared similar traits I found. In the Invention of Morel, the narrator is a fugitive running from his past and seeking refuge on a deserted island, but when tourists arrive on that island, his desires become mixed between not wanting to be found and the love he has for Faustine. In Frankenstein, Victor is completely absorbed in the notion of finding and stopping the monster he had created. Both of these characters live a life of paranoia and one way in which they show this is by writing down their experiences. The narrator in Invention seems to be writing in journal form in case something does happen to him. Therefore, there would at least be his journal to look at his experiences through his eyes. Victor continues on his journey of trying to destroy the monster he created as well as vanquish the one that has formed inside him, and because he writes down his story so that when he dies Walton can take over because he believes in the truth of Victor's story. It was interesting to see that both of these characters wrote down their stories because that seems to be one of the aspects of the science fiction genre.