In Frankenstein we see how the monster
craves for human connection. He craves to understand the cottages
people and the monster longs “to discover the motives and feelings
of these lovely creatures:..” (shelly 77) The monster tries to fix
the connection between himself and the his cottage friends by getting
up late at night. While they where asleep the monster would help
Felix with some of his chores and the monster would also help clear
the path from snow so Agatha could go to the garden with out any
troubles.He sees how his secret human connection makes a positive
impact on there life.He noticed them a lot happier but the monster
still sees the sadness that over takes them. He doesn't understand
why they are still sad until he learns about how they have had a
rough life. He wants to understand there language so he teaches
himself how to speak and read by some books he finds on the path one
day “..I found on th ground a leathern portmanteau, containing
several articles of dress and some book.”(shelly85) He was so happy
when he found this because he began learning more about the cultures
and the government. He is disgusted by how people act in the form of
war killing each other. They sometimes made him happy with new
feeling he has never felt before but sometimes it was the total opposite He finds a note in the pocket and he learns about how his
master created him. The monster begins to feel true hatred and anger
for his master. So in a way the monster does form a way of human
connection by feeling emotions. Its makes him even more human with
the anger that he feels towards his master.
It also makes him have more of a human connection when he finds the emptiness of a companion. The monster wants to have that emotion of what love feels like with a partner. He sees with his friends in the cottages, they have each other but when the monster looks around at the end of the day he has nobody. He's alone. He just wants to live a normal life and be like everyone else no matter what he looks like on the outside. He doesnt understand why he cant have that.
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