It is a type of childhood paradise, he is much loved, allowed freedom however schooling is not regulated and these lack of restrictions along with his obsessive nature, can distinctly be identified as the source of some of his adulthood. Mary Shelley here draws parallels between her two key characters as we also hold the creature's childhood accountable for his later perils. The creature suffered an inadequate childhood after abandonment from his parent, his father being Frankenstein and we come to criticize the creatures parenting to the highest degree. We know that Victor was given much independence form a very early age however; the extent of the monster's independence was unacceptable. Victor abandoned him almost immediately after creation. He was abandoned because of appearance his own father discriminated against him and he was left all alone to take care of himself. We later learn that all he wished for was some guidance and some of the love Victor received as a naive and innocuous infant "But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days". This concurs with Rousseau's theory that everyone is born good or with moral awareness but perceptions has the potential to be malformed or corrupted by exposure to society.
I believe that the creature illustrates Rousseau's theory flawlessly being rejected by his father, and judged by the rest of society such as the De Lacey's, the cottager's and William. These key events in the monster's life provoke sympathy from the reader and for the first time the reader feels hatred towards Victor. Our initial impressions have been totally transformed however this factor was totally inevitable since the novel contains two main different narratives. To the reader. Mary Shelley presents two diverse perspectives and although it gives the reader a better sense of reality, it also perplexes our attitudes towards each character with each original version.
