[Music] the narrative voice shifts as now the monster is telling the story which is really Waltons recounting a Victor's retelling of the monsters story if it wasn't confusing enough before he returns Victor to the day of his creation saying he first awoke to find himself desolate and became aware of light and darkness hunger and thirst guided by the moon he found a huge cloak over time he recognized different sensations and longed for language he was overjoyed to find a fire to warm him soon he realized how to maintain the fire and use it to cook
food he spent much of his time foraging for food to relieve his constant hunger on one search for food the monster found an old man living in a small hut he chased the man away and stole his breakfast he set off again and arrived that evening at a village where the people frightened by his appearance chased him away the monster next arrived at a small dwelling a shed attached to the back of a cottage happy to have shelter the monster stole bread and a cup and then realized that he could seen into the cottage and
spy on its inhabitants these are the delacey family a father who is blind and his children Felix and Agatha who treat each other with great love and kindness the monster saw the old man play music and the young man read the kindly way the delacey family interacts contrast to the hatred the monster faces they revealed the positive aspects of humanity serving as the ideal the monster can aspire to no one treats the monster well no one cares whether he lives or dies indeed even Victor his father and creator actively wants the monster to die in
his story the monster reveals a powerful and sensitive personality completely at odds with his monstrous appearance and the terms that Victor constantly uses to refer to him that Victor retells the monsters account honestly and with no attempts to excuse himself does cast the Creator in a somewhat sympathetic light he grants the monster a certain dignity of equal treatment in this regard the monsters story in a sense envisions the first human the monster becomes aware of himself with no socialization or training he is like John Locke's tabula rasa or blank slate unlike Adam the monster seeks
clothing because he is cold not because he ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge furthermore he is not a sinner at this point in his past he's more like a child innocent and free of sin [Music]
