
The monster in Frankenstein does draw sympathy from me. A reason why I feel sympathy for the monster is that he was created by Victor, and then Victor, horrified by him, ran away. With Victor's abandoning the monster then the monster had no one to teach it the ways of the world, because the monster was brand new to the world with no one to help him and the only image he saw when he came to life was his creator running away from him, which i why I understand his hatred towards Victor and the slaying of Victor's brother. The main area of sympathy I have for Victor's abomination is with Victor not caring for the monster because his expectation of his creation was not to his. Parents always want their children to be healthy. Sometimes children do not meet the parents' expectations, but they do not abandon their children and continue to care for them. Since parents take care of their children when they are not "perfect" then Victor should have stayed and looked after his creation even though he was not the image Victor had in mind when he wanted to create life, which might have saved Victor's brother's life from ending early.
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