The creature finds a copy of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther (called The Sorrows of Werter in Shelley’s text) and is absorbed by what he finds to be “a never-ending source of speculation and astonishment.” Analyze the creature’s interest in the book using evidence from Goethe’s text to support your conclusions. What can you infer about the book’s influence on the creature based on his thoughts and actions after reading it?
