This passage is significant because it shows how the Monster was not born with a hatred of humans, however through betrayal and mistreatment he builds this resentment, and wants to enact revenge. During this part of the story the Monster has been wandering and watching the DeLacey family, forming a parasocial relationship with them. By watching them, he seems to find humans more likable and wants to be integrated into their family and form companionship. After months of hiding, he decides to introduce himself. But the family sees him and is very scared, running away screaming. This causes the Monster to get sad, but eventually he decides to try again, only to hear that they were so disturbed by his presence that they decide to move away. Throughout the novel the …show more content…
This shows that the monster didn’t originally hate humans at first, in fact he wanted to be accepted by them and to join a community. However, when in the second part of the quote he hears that even just looking at him for a minute causes them enough fright to move away, his anger returns. After being cast out by his creator the monster had a negative view of humans, but by observing the DeLacey family his viewpoint changed. But when he introduced himself, they ran away and disgraced him just like his creator. This reaction reaffirmed his previous notions about humans and made him even more bitter. In the last part of the quote, the Monster turns towards violence, but only because he can not find anything human. This shows that the resentment has crossed an emotional level and the Monster wants to get back at the humans for what they did to him. After continued mistreatment and judging based on only his looks, the Monster has had enough, and wants to enact pain and suffering on those who wronged him, in this case