Frankenstein- Blog 7

The creature in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley provides for us a proof of what learning is to deprived children. The less fortunate or children raised in deprived conditions are grateful for what they have. At least most are; there are always those exceptions of rebellious children. In reading about the creature's background and means of learning, we see his eagerness and willingness to learn. A normal person takes learning for granted, but when deprived they seek it. This is also the case with the creature. As he hides in the cottage of a family in Geneva, he is craving to learn and to understand what is going on around him. "I conjectures, therefore, that he found on the paper signs of speech which he understood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also..." (Shelley, 79). It is in this desire to learn that the creature was able to learn language and learn things about society that concluded him to realize of his rear existence in the world.