In a way, the creature contained multiple qualities that humans have. When Victor created him, the creature began life as most humans do, adolescent; “...and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time; and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned… the operations of my various senses.”(92) Despite his innocence, he is still looked on as being frightening in a society that is only secure with one sort of countenance. He remains alone, running into humans occasionally and humans running away from him. All until he finds a shelter on the De …show more content…
The De Lacey’s were a group of loving people that had faced the wrath of an unfair society and joined together to face it. This filled the creature with a naive hope that he too could achieve the same. The only difference, getting in the way of this, was their appearance; “I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers-their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool!”(102) Regardless of his appearance, he still thought he could maybe make a permanent home with the De Lacey family and he set out on learning the habits of humans. They became his family of sorts and as he watched them, he learned about human nature, “I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues, and to deprecate the vices of mankind.”(114) The De Lacey’s, being his only view on society, were soon to disprove the creature’s outlook on