Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley's opening to Frankenstein was composed of four letters from Captain Walton. In the letters Captain Walton explains what he is searching for and how his life is going as a Captain on a ship. Then Captain Walton meets a stranger that interests him and Walton and the stranger have many things in common. Then instead of writing stories of his own life Captain Walton decides to start writing stories from the stranger in the strangers point of view. If I were to write my own ghost story I would start my story the same way because the letters gave the reader plenty of background. The letters also gave the reader enough information to know who was telling the story and who the stories point of view it is in.