From the time he was created, he was already rejected by Victor. “His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs.” In the creatures attempt to reach out for Victor’s acceptance, Victor won’t give him a second look before dashing away from fear of his hideousness. From the rejection of his own creator, the creature looks elsewhere for acceptance, finding a family of cottagers he grows a fondness for from watching from afar. “"This trait of kindness moved me sensibly. I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption; but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots, which I gathered from a neighboring wood.” The creature grows a bond from afar with the cottagers and decides to attempt to woo the cottagers. “You and your family are the friends whom I seek. Do not you desert me in the hour of trial!” he pleads as they too reject