Appearances affect how humans judge others. When the monster moves into his new home in the cottage, he spies on the cottagers for weeks and plans out what he is going to do to introduce himself. He eagerly wants to be accepted, but doesn’t know how to because of his appearance. The monster is afraid of pre-judgements, so he goes to meet old man …show more content…
In the middle of their conversation, old man DeLacey’s family walks in and sees the monster sitting with him. Right when the family first saw the monster, they start physically beating him. The family judged the monster because of his appearance and how he looks very scary so they pre-judged him to be a bad person and to cause harm. After this incident, the monster goes into hiding and “eagerly longed to discover [himself] to the cottagers” (Shelley 101). The monster wants the cottagers to discover himself for who he is, not what he looks like. There are two meaning of the word discover as used in the book. The monster wants to show his inner side and wants to be able to let the cottagers into his life without be judged for his ugliness. He wants to be able to uncover in true personality and show it to others without feels insincere or judged. In today’s society bullies bully people before they even get to know who they truly are. If someone looks different