Many individuals are so drawn into today’s society that they tend to follow others behaviors. For example, many want to fit in so they change the way they act towards anyone to do their best and show that they are able to fit in the way society is today. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein wanted to bring the dead back to life. After his experiment had finished, the creature was terrifying and ended up being rejected by society. Overtime, throughout the story Frankenstein, human behavior is shown to be learned and developed. Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, human behavior can be shown being learned. Having to know that he was abandoned right after his creation led the monster into the wilderness which then led him to
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While living through the winter and into the spring, the monster overtime observed the family that lived in the cottage, and found out how poor they actually were after stealing food from them several times. The monster feels guilty for all that he did and decides to stop stealing their food and helps them with anything including chores to lower their hardships the best he can. The monster says, “They were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart and appeared to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it [...] This trait of kindness moved me sensibly. I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption, but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers” (91-92). This shows that the monster gained some human behavior and feelings towards the cottagers he had been living nearby and stealing from. The guilt starts to run through him causing him to help out the family the best he can. Before the guilt had gotten to the monster, he just stole without caring and understanding what the family was going through. Giving himself the chance to both observe the family and learn their language, he starts to develop human behaviors and came to see that the family is not as happy as he thought they were. The monster sees
While living through the winter and into the spring, the monster overtime observed the family that lived in the cottage, and found out how poor they actually were after stealing food from them several times. The monster feels guilty for all that he did and decides to stop stealing their food and helps them with anything including chores to lower their hardships the best he can. The monster says, “They were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart and appeared to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it [...] This trait of kindness moved me sensibly. I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption, but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers” (91-92). This shows that the monster gained some human behavior and feelings towards the cottagers he had been living nearby and stealing from. The guilt starts to run through him causing him to help out the family the best he can. Before the guilt had gotten to the monster, he just stole without caring and understanding what the family was going through. Giving himself the chance to both observe the family and learn their language, he starts to develop human behaviors and came to see that the family is not as happy as he thought they were. The monster sees