Why Victor Frankenstein's Creature Is Not Human?

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To begin with, the creature that Victor Frankenstein created is not a human in my opinion. The reasons why I believe this creature is not human is because he was not born like a human he was created by some random human body parts.( Gris Grimly, Chapter3, Pg.37)People may say he is human because he talks, he has feelings etc. for this reason they believe that this creature is human, but I disagree because there is other animals/creatures that talk for example a "parrot," and besides there are also other kind of animals/creatures that has feeling like any other creature of course any other kind of animal would like a mate to be with them to keep the company because that is normal. Furthermore, this animal/creature should not be considered

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