mary shelley

 

 

Mary Shelley's opening to the novel Frankenstein starts off with letters describing characters, setting, background information, and helps the reader get interested into the story. I think that it helps draw readers attention and makes the reader want to read on and find out what happens. If I was to write a ghost story I would have not though of starting off like this but I think this is a very affective way to draw a readers attention to the story. I would start off talking about a character and telling what there doing and ease into the ghost, but Mary Shelley finds a really creative and affective way to begin her story that will immediately draw the readers attention. She gives the reader a little story to begin with and then ends talking about another more important story she will talk about making the reader want to read on and find out what she will tell about. Its more affective her way because I would just start talking about what is going on with no background information and you would not be as interested. Mary Shelley also uses interesting words that draw your attention and tells a story in the beginning of her story to draw you in. Mary Shelley uses very affective techniques to draw readers in and make them more interested in her stories and really is successful in drawling readers attention in Frankenstein.