Human Interaction In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Human interaction is one of the five basic needs as stated by Maslow. Human interaction is what stabilizes many people, without it we see the negative behavior changes in the lives of those who are in constant isolation. In the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein creates a monster from the scraps of body that instantly becomes a reject in society. Throughout the novel, we see the toll that isolation takes on the monster and how to leads him to make cruel choices. In Frankenstein, the monster lives in constant isolation. Anyone who the monster comes into contact with fears him. His own creator, Victor Frankenstein, runs aways in horror after creating the monster. The monster has nobody to interact with, so he asks Frankenstein

As seen with the monster, he tries to integrate into society in hopes of getting people to accept him. During his hiding in his hovel, next to a family, he notices the old man of the house is blind. The monster believes that this is his chance to finally be accepted for who he is. After conversing with the old man, De Lacey, the rest of the family barges in to find the monster next to the old man fearing the worst. The monster seeks a friendship between the old man and the rest of the family. He wishes that the family does “not… desert [him] in [his] hour of trial” (Shelley 134). This moment determines whether or not the monster would finally find acceptance in the world. He tells the old man that no matter what happens that he should still accept him. As the family approaches, the girl faints and Felix rushes the monster pulling him off of the old man. The monster realizes from this experience that he will always be an outcast in society and that he will never gain the acceptance that he desires.After dousing the cottage in flames, the monster comes along a young girl drowning in a river. He “rushe[s] from [his] hiding place; and with extreme labor from the force of the current, save[s] [the girl], and drag[s] her to shore… [passerbyers saw the monster holding the girl and] darted towards [him] and tearing the girl from [his] arms… [And then aiming] a gun… at [his] body and fir[ing].” (Shelley

From beginning to end, the idea of isolation and its dangers are constantly repeated as seen through the monster. The effects of being rejected from society mirror what we see in the real world as shown by Elliot Rodger, the perpetrator of the Isla Vista Massacre. Rodger’s main motives for his attack were social and sexual rejection which is the same as the monster in Frankenstein. As stated in his “vlogs” Elliot Rodger was rejected from relationships and had the inability to communicate with women. He envied everyone he saw who was capable of interacting with others and being sociable. He began his hatred primarily for women and those in relationships and planned out his retribution. The monster in Frankenstein is similar to Rodger in the way that he was never accepted by the world and looked down upon by society. Human interaction is a basic need by all, without it, negative behavioral effect begin to take