How Is Victor Frankenstein Different From His Parents

Every parent has their own opinion on the best way to raise a child. Victor Frankenstein, however is a perfect example on how not to raise a child. Unlike Victor’s parents, he was not a good caretaker of the creature that he created. Victor’s parents were compassionate people not only to their children but to the poor and the rest of their family as well. Victor can recall his childhood as being grateful for what he had and for the way his parents treated others. Victor's monster on the other hand, would not describe his first months of being alive as anything close to happy. Not only was victor fortunate enough to have had such caring parents, he also had his best friend Clerval and his adopted sister, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was there to comfort

Victor especially in very difficult times. Although victors frankenstein's parents did not have the same interest in science as he did, they still supported him and all others in times of need, unlike Victor himself.
Victor's mother died and he was left with only his father's love.

His mother's love was shown throughout the beginning of the book so much more than his fathers was. Together the two parents loved him so much it helped him grow and this is why his childhood was so phenomenal. When Victor was sent off to Ingolstadt, he had no real idea of what it was like to be an adult. He was taken care of so well by his mother that once she was away from her parents, her father being at home and his mother being dead, he was not sure what was right and wrong. Victor's curiosity for knowledge is what led him to be a man of science and this is why he came up with the idea to experiment and create a human being from death. Without thinking of the results that were to come, Victor's ambition to become godlike pushed him to finish his project. The end result terrified Victor so badly that even he left him alone. To start, he left him alone in his apartment and when he returned, the monster was gone. “I could hardly believe that that so great a good fortune could have befallen me, but when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy and ran down to Clerval.” (Shelley 61) This is the first time that Victor does not care for his monster properly. After all of the care that Victor received from his mother, readers would think that Victor would grow up to be just like his parents and be so kind and gentle. Victor is unable to take responsibility of the monster that he created. Victor is prejudiced by the appearance of the monster which leads him to run away from his

creation.
The monster that Victor created has nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat or drink, no necessities he needs to live his life like a normal human being. Although he is not a normal due to the fact that he was created from scratch and not natural born like Victor was, but he still has senses and feeling just like all humans do. Frankenstein teaches himself where to find a place to sleep. The family that Frankenstein was secretly watching was a better family to the monster, then Victor was. From them he learned that he can drink out of the stream, to eat nuts and berries, and how to live as if he were a normal human being. The fact that Frankenstein had no one taking care of him and to teach him how to act as normal human being isolates him from the rest of society. “His understanding of his predicament, and how he falls short of society’s norms and aspirations, can only make him more wretched. “ (Coulter) Frankenstein has no self awareness of what he looks like until he sees his reflection in a puddle. Until this point he doesn't understand why everyone is so mean to him. Frankenstein is so isolated from society and it is all because he was abandoned by his creator from the beginning. Even when Victor later runs into Frankenstein, he still does not care for him. He tries to hide for him even though he is constantly paranoid because he knows that Frankenstein is following him. All Frankenstein wanted was affection from someone and this is how children are too. Without the right amount of attention, they will not grow up to become adults. Instead they will grow up and treat others with disrespect because that is the way that they were treated growing up. A child needs love, nurture and respect from their parents allow them to grow up with society and have a well being.