In the text, victor goes back and forth for some time about not wanting to leave home to go to school, and wishes he could stay home and learn like a close friend of his (Shelley 27). His first encounter with one of his professors at university of Ingolstadt involves Victor’s interest in natural philosophy is completely bogus and he needs to lean about the new sciences such as chemistry. As he begins to look closer towards chemistry Victor starts to loose focus on his family and friends back home which can be taken as foreshadowing of him losing himself. He admits to getting lost in the pursuit of discovery, and does not visit home or write home for two years (Shelly 31).
College is about becoming who you are, working on becoming an emerging adult and reaching toward independence. If Victor had stayed in Geneva do you think he would have had access to chemistry and experimenting like he did in Ingolstadt? Would staying home swayed him from creating his monster at all, or just delayed the inevitable?