"The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one persuit.... And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me casued me also to forget those friends who were so many absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time." (pg. 33)
Victor seems to have a way of alienating himself when he gets caught up in something. For example, when he was working through the creation process, he isolated himself. He did not interact with people in the community and forgot about his friends and family back home. The quote above shows that the only thing he though about was creating life. He did not even spend time outside during the summer or write to his family. He was only focused on making his discovery even to the point where his "person had become emaciated with confinement." Then after he created life, he still isolated himself because he was terrified by the creature he created. He was so upset that he became ill, but he still did not write to his family to let them know how he was doing. Even though his friend Henry was taking care of him, Victor did not really interact with anyone until he received a letter from Elizabeth. The letter snapped him out of his solitude and he finally wrote back to his family.
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