Frankenstein - ch.13-15

The creature continues his story in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. As Felix's lover arrives, the creature is given a fortunate circumstance to his situation. This is pretty much the only lucky thing that happens to the creature during his whole miserable life. The creature shows his intelligence through his superior advances in learning the french language faster than Safie. The creature's learning process is an important account of how the creature was able to become so articulate by the time he encountered Victor on the glacier. We also get an insight into the history of the DeLacey family. Although this seems insignificant it does help to detail that the family he is observing is a pure and caring family. This family is the creature's best hope to make friendly contact with humanity. Despite the creature's good hopes and the slightly successful initial encounter with the blind father, the creature is still rejected in a similar manner to how he had always been accepted. This shows that all of humanity has the same reaction to the creature because of his outwardly appearance. I still find it hard to believe that Felix is able to inflict damage on the creature. Shelley writes, "Felix darted forth with supernatural force and tore me from his father..." I mean come on I know the creature is not fighting back and all, but seriously the creature has got like super powers. I feel it should have been more like Felix ran into a brick wall and then the creature walked out casually.