Frankenstein was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His parents loved each other very much, and he learnt from the example of their love. He learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world. He also has his adopt sister where his mother took her from the very poor family. She is a little girl, with golden hair and blue eyes name “Elizabeth”. As He grew older, his love for Elizabeth became stronger. Later, his mother had two other sons name Ernest and William. And Justine, a young woman, came to live in the house to help his mother with the children. Frankenstein’s family loved her as much as she loved them. The years passed happily, and the family had everything they needed. Frankenstein met his new good friend name Henry Clerval at school. Frankenstein studied very hard. He wanted to know the secrets of life, and, most of all, he wanted to know how to make living things. He read all the books that he could find. One day, something happened that added his new idea. He was fifteen. On holiday in the mountains, there was a wild storm, and the most frightening thunder and lightning that he have ever seen in his life. A great tree about twenty meters in front of their house, which suddenly was hit by a huge fork of lightning. After a few seconds, there was nothing left except a black piece of wood two meters high. The lightning had destroyed it. He saw how strong electricity was and began to read all the books about electricity and its terrible power.