The passage i’ll be analyzing is from page 37, “My temper was sometimes violent , and my passions vehement; but by some law in my temperature they were turned , not towards childish pursuits , but to an eager desire to learn, and not to learn all things indiscriminately. I confess that neither the structure of languages, nor the code of governments , nor the politics of various states, possessed attractions for me. It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things, or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me , still my enquiries were directed to the metaphysical , or , in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.” My interpretation of this passage reveals Victors curiosity and his passion to understand the ways of the world. It becomes to complicated when it comes to government , religion , politics which is no interest to him. Human nature is a way of feeling, thinking and behavior. It becomes a question of culture, upbringing and nature versus nurture.  Are humans fixed?  Are we taught to react accordingly and to be tamed because its by law?  Victor had so much passion within him that sometimes he couldn’t control his urges but had to remind himself of his environment. Victors strong desire to understand why things  happen and why situations emerge.

Some questions that arise while reading this particular passage was, Where did his deep passion come from? It’s possible it could just be out of plain curiosity, he naturally wanted and needed to understand why things happened the way they did. My analysis of Victor is, he is just a human who wants to understand human nature by recreating and understanding. For example, in chapter 2 page 39, he says, “I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa. I opened it with apathy; this indicates he had natural interest to learn even though he brought it up to his father and his father rejected it. Even though his father disregarded it , he still took it upon himself to learn about Cornelius anyway.  On page 39 he says, “I have described myself as always having been embued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature.”  As he grows older , his interest in the environment grows daily . His capacity far exceeds the average human being.