n is vastly superior in physique, and that he will never be able to seize it unless his creation allows the doctor to catch it. His thick skull does not let any of this affect his thirst for revenge. The doctor has opinions at different points in this novel that are the exact opposite of his opinions later in the story. At the beginning, Dr. Frankenstein lives for his creation. He cares about only that. He forgets everybody and everything that he had before his infatuation with creating began. He puts so much time and effort into making this thing live that he gets only the best of each part, and makes him anatomically correct to every finger, toe, and nerve. This concentration in making his creation live is a direct contrast to his later wish to kill it. He travels to all extents to hunt and destroy his once treasured creation--going through forests, mountains, and glaciers, and depriving himself of people, food, and sleep. There is no gray area in Dr. Frankenstein's head. He is an extremist. He either loves and worships his creation or hates and slaves over killing it. He has to fully devote himself or do nothing at all. There is no middle ground, or compromise, for Dr. Frankenstein.His creation on the other hand has gotten the worse end of the deal. The creation, or as society has labeled the monster, is actually one of the only characters in the novel that actually has rationale behind his thinking. Society has mislabeled this creature as dumb, savage, and brutal, whereas he is actually intelligent, kind, and humane. This creation knows absolutely nothing when he first begins to exist and yet in a very short amount of time (compared to human learning) can walk, talk, read, write, and think logically. He learns to read, write, and talk from the family. Proof to his logical thinking is throughout the novel but especially in his plan to make Frankenstein feel his solitude and misery. Also in the creation's flashback, the reader se...
