Xavier H Keenan
148 5C (DF)
The De Laceys
The First time Victor encounters the monster since he departed home, the monster gives him a full frontal story of how his miserable life has been going until that point. He is shocked at how well educated he is and how articulate and intelligent the monster appears. So the monster gives an account of how he learnt the language. He was in a small hovel next to a hut looking through a crack upon a poor family called the De Laceys.
They were a family of three, with a blind father. The monster not only learned the language that they spoke, but how kind, gentle, and generous they all were. Till this moment, every encounter he had with a human, he had been beaten or they fled! This then gave him confidence that not all humans were alike, and that this particular family were different. He concluded that this family were like chalk and cheese to the past humans and would not be prejudiced against him. This also created more feelings of emotions, like jealousy, loneliness, and of course guilt. The guilt because he stole food from them, and he realised how poor they were and struggling in life. So he decided to repay them by giving them wood and food, to make their lives easier. The family were confused, but grateful all the same. The monster also realised that even though the family went through problematical times, they all still managed to cope and be decent people.
