"I first entered a hut, I needed a place to sleep. But I couldn't stay. A man approached me in the hut, screaming at me. I had to leave. Why did he hate me?
I next went to a village, but everyone seemed to run away from me. I later found shelter in a nearby hovel, next to a home."
This was written by the monster looking back on the past, as he could not read or writ when this occurred. This journal entry shows the monster's emotions as he first faces humanity, and their reactions to someone who looks different. The treat him poorly, and ostracize him, preventing him from joining the society.
"I stayed in the hovel for some time, stealing food from the family that lived there. I later came to a realization that they were impoverished, starving, and that because I stole their food. I stopped stealing their food, and began leaving firewood at their doorstep."
The monster shows compassion for humanity here, as when he realizes that his actions harm them, he chooses to take better actions, such as collecting firewood for the impoverished family.
"These humans with whom I live next to, are the way I learned to speak with language, from hearing them and then imitating their sounds.
I believe I know why everyone hates me. As I view these humans, they look so much different from me. I look like a monster, with my body not graceful like theirs. My body is ugly and deformed. I know this because I saw my reflection in the water. I feel so alone."
The monster here begins to realize in this journal entry that he is different from the rest of humanity in physical appearance. By comparing himself to the humans, he sees why he is referred to as "monster."
"When I was in the forest, I found my creator's journal and his bag. The books within it taught me how to read and write. I now see, through reading Victor Frankenstein's journal, that I was created and then abandoned by him.
I decided to introduce myself to the DeLacey family, who I lived next to, starting with the blind father. But when the children returned, they chased me away."
The monster undergoes yet another hardship as the DeLacey family, the family he had collected firewood for, kicks him out. This enrages the monster as at this point he was homeless and abandoned.
"I am saddened and angry after these events. I came across a boy in the forest. He says he is a Frankenstein. I murder him with my bare hands. I placed the image he carried with another girl."
This describes the murder of William Frankenstein, the younger brother of Victor Frankenstein, the monster's creator. The connection to his creator prompts the monster to murder the young, innocent child. His intelligence is exhibited here also, as he frames the murder of the child on Justine, a girl living with the Frankenstien family. He does this through placing the photograph that William was carrying on Justine as she was sleeping.
"As I come into contact with my creator, Victor, I implore him to make another monster, like me, so I can have a companion, rather than being lonely. He is a heartless, evil creator, but he will attempt to so so.
I follow my creator to Scotland, to ensure he is making them fellow monster. When he contemplates not doing it, I kill his best friend, Henry Clerval.
Going back to Geneva now, Victor has not made the fellow monster for me, so I kill his love, Elizabeth. I am fleeing Geneva now."
This entry describes the monster's angst with his dealings Victor, as he ultimately decides to kill the two closest people to Victor, Henry Clerical and Elizabeth, upon Victor's refusal to create a female companion for the monster
"I find Victor, dead, in the Arctic, aboard Captain Walton's boat. I weep over the death of my creator. I think I must die too, soon."
This entry refers to Victor Frankenstein's death on Robert Walton's ship. Robert Walton brought an expedition into the Arctic, and Victor Frankenstein came on the ship as a part of his search for his monster. This ship was where Frankenstein died, with the monster later going aboard, and seeing his creator's body. This journal entry expresses the monster's will to die after seeing his creator dead.
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