In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly , the creature undergoes specific events that shape his personality. The creature shows aspects of being a human being and has goals he wants to achieve such as finding a companion and hopefully stopping the horrible deeds he has been doing. Throughout events , the way society looks at him shaped his opinion on himself affecting his future actions such as murdering William and causing the death of Justine. In the book , the creature explains itself of having sensations of pain mixed with pleasure when someone showed him an act of kindness towards another person . In the book it says , “ He raised her and smiled with such kindness and pleasure , such as I had never before experienced , either from hunger …show more content…
In the book , the main goal that is given off through the creature 's thoughts and actions is that he wants to be loved due to the lack of attention Victor has given him. He only wants love and someone to accept him and look past the flaws of being just a monster. In the book , the creature requests Victor to create another monster like him so he won 't feel lonely anymore and make peace with the human race. The creature says , “ We shall be monsters , cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.OUr lives will not be happy , but they will be harmless and free from misery “ (Shelly 63). The creature 's experiences has also shaped his opinions because when he see’s his own reflection in the pool of water , he finally realizes why everyone is so afraid of him. The monster says to Victor ,” but how was I terrified, when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification. Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity “ (