"My affection for my guest increases every day" (11). One of the main themes in this novel is of loneliness. Walton is very lonely on the boat by himself, even his shipmates he cannot seem to find companionship with. However, when Victor arrives, he is then with a friend. Victor too wants a friend because he was lonely enough to create the monster. Walton found himself lonely, however, because he is away from his family and by his lonesome in the arctic. The monster, too, at first is lonely because Victor will not have anything to do with him. However, they all in the end seem to find some sort of companion.