In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus there are two notable characters: the scientist Victor Frankenstein, and his creation. Throughout the novel, both of these characters are faced with immense amounts of misery and suffering. Most often people feel Victor suffered more faults then his creation, but in reality every consequence he faced was brought on by his own choices he made in his life. Victor calls his creation "the monster", but I believe he is the real monster for creating him. The novel is filled with tragedy and pain, but Frankenstein's creation suffered more than anyone else in the story. The creation, faced one heartache after another including loneliness, abandonment and mistrust. .
Mr. Frankenstein from the beginning of his creation unconsciously believed in the process of bestowing future pain onto others. Once he successfully completed his attempts in creating his creature, he became horrified by the outcome. He overlooks this newfound creature and determines that it is hideous. Instead of taking the responsibility of a parent figure for his own wrong doing, Victor runs away, leaving the Monster abandoned and without anywhere to go. In a way, this is similar to modern society in the sense that either parents get abortions, put their child up for adoption or just simply leaving them behind. All scenarios leave a child feeling neglected and undesirable, which is exactly how the monster felt. This was not the only time the monster was faced with this trauma, as every new person he encountered would leave him just as Victor did. An example of this was demonstrated in the book was when the monster finally befriended someone named old man DeLacey. In a conversation between the monster and his new companion he says "I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth" (Shelley 93). Old man DeLacey showed generosity, but soon his new friend would abandon him, as his family was gone just as fast as Frankenstein was.