Frankenstein Essay - Question #6 Children with a lack of guidance at a young age have difficult time developing essential life skills. Throughout Frankenstein, the inept monster struggles to fit into society. Shelley shows the monster’s growth with how he learns to read, write, and walk; his learning of life morals, and the need to be accepted. The development of the monsters communication skills was a huge improvement considering they started out as nothing, “And what was I question of my creation and creator was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, and no kind of property”. Born with nothing, the monster has to find his own path in life, and with the development of essential life tools, this can enable him to do so. When the monster that Victor created come to life, it had no self- …show more content…
“I was dependant on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free, and there was none to lament my annihilation. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred.”(15.5). My people should not have made judgements based on appearance alone. The monster was considered ugly, and judged as such, however is he a monster? From the beginning, boundaries are crossed making it difficult to unravel the natural human from the “manmade” one. When the monster met the De Lacy’s, they took the creature under their wing and they began to teach it essential life skills such as reading, writing and talking. The De Lacy’s posed as parents by providing basics that most children are given naturally. By the vast advancements the monster made in his training to become more like a normal human being, his self-esteem and quest to better himself emerged with great