The original novel presents a human monster whose innate goodness is more believable. Furthermore, the monster in the novel inspired more sympathy whereas the monster in the movie inspires fear. .
The monster seems more human in the novel than in the movie. When watching the movie, the watchers have to assume how the monster is feeling by observing his actions. Although his actions give an implicit explanation of his thoughts, it is not as clear as in the book. In the novel his thoughts and feelings are depicted well in writing. Maybe this is because of how readers and watchers interpret what is seen and read of. Though the movie has the actual actions and expressions from each of the characters, the novel covers a more detailed approach to each action and involves more feelings. For example, the monster admires the cottagers: their grace, kindness, gentleness, and beauty. He feels guilty for stealing their food and therefore gathers wood at night and leaves it for them. In the book we know that the monster is deeply affected by their unhappiness and realizes that they are in poverty. The book also draws us a detailed picture of the monster's eagerness and passion to learn to speak and read. .
The movie does not focus on his learning English as a significant part and passes by the pages quite quickly. However, the novel illustrates his loneliness, his desperate and willing desire for affection and companionship when he observes the cottage family, along with Justine. Although the actuality is that he is a monster, the emotions he encounters are just as human or possibly even more. "He raised her and smiled with such kindness and affection that I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature, they were a mixture of pain and pleasure" (111). Another thing about the monster in the novel that reveals his human-like character is his love toward nature. He glories nature's beautiful creation and seeks comfort by being close to nature, just like Victor Frankenstein.
