the words of fate
As Victor underscores his sense of being wholly out of control of his
destiny, he also suggests that, at least as a student, he had little
knowledge of himself. At Ingolstadt he finds himself transformed before his
own eyes, without an understanding of how or why this process should have
happened. The lack of knowledge, of which he has just complained to
Walton, thus extends far beyond the rudiments of science.
