Ambiguity

"'How do you welcome your wanderer?'" (pg 72).

When Victor returns to his hometown the reader finds him talking to the mountains, the lake, the elements of his childhood. Yet, when he asks how do you welcome your wanderer, I have the sense that this was not just about him. Yes, Victor had been gone nearly six years. Almost a sin in itself, distancing himself from his family for his work. However, the real sin or the real wanderer is the monster he has created which now wanders his homeland. By asking this rhetorical question to nature, he once again shows his guilt for the life he has created. His guilt is to become worse as well. For as soon as he saw the monster, he knew who had killed his brother, which would soon lead to the death of Justine. The life he had created had already taken a way two innocent lives, and the murderer was not the monster, rather is was Victor.