Sympathy

While reading Frankenstein, I found it weird how quickly my opinion changed of the monster as soon as the story shifted to his point of view. When I first found out that he had killed William, I had no sympathy for the monster whatsoever; however, when he explained why he committed this crime, I didn’t loathe him as much. I’m not promoting killing, and the fact that he killed so many people was wrong, but I still felt sorry for him once he told his story. “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?..I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery” (page 130). I find it peculiar that the monster only went after Victor’s family. The family in the cottage sparked his initial anger towards humans, but he did not kill them. Instead, he took his anger out on William. Why? I got mad at the family for judging the monster so quickly after he had been preparing to talk to them for months and months. I would’ve done the same thing in their situation, but I wish they had given him a chance. Imagine a monster-looking –thing randomly in your house talking to your blind father/grandfather! Scary!