Consider a night off from the paper for sure--I haven't finished the prospectus-reading yet, but I'd like many of you to hold off a bit before you proceed.

So consider Frankenstein:

• Be able to assert briefly the nature/purpose of each of Walton's four letters.
• What are the main qualities of Walton that you think we should note carefully?
• What else seems important about the intro letters?

As VF's story begins:

• Well, obviously keep track of the facts. . . places, life, family, education, reading, what sparked his "destiny," early university experience, etc.
• "SO WHAT?"--what thematic directions do you think are being set up here? 
• (there was something else I wanted to add . . . I might do so later!)