The fishermen called to one another
In this extreme silence the intrusion of human sounds not only testifies
to the ongoing processes of everyday life, but reminds us that even in the
farthest reaches of the globe human beings establish a basic community one
with the other. These sounds from the darkness at once remind us of the
Creature's yearning to participate in such a community and reinforce
Victor's total self-exclusion from its claims. Moreover, surely there is
an intentional irony here pitting the productive labor of the fishermen,
who in turn depend upon it for their sustenance, against the
long-postponed and now aborted labor of Victor, who is financially free of
such necessities, as well as the lack of productive community in which the
Creature is forced to exist.
