But what is the reason of doing this? Does he feel that the human race is not what it used to be or that the human behavior is getting worse or is it something else?
The fact is that people of great values surrounds Frankenstein. His father is loyal towards his family and friends, his only friend Henry is a kind of “dream friend” – sensible, enthusiastic and gentle. Finally, his beloved “sister”, an angel, is a symbol for the good. She is always calm, sensible and forever loyal to her friends and family. It means that Frankenstein’s family and friends, or behavior of people in general, are not the reasons of his effort to create a new being. I think it is his desire for success. He has an idea, he know the way how to do it and he wants to show the others that he is maybe as powerful as God is. He believes that he could create a happy and perfect being. He could but he made a big mistake. He is working on the body for two years. Through this period of his life he looses contact with the outer world and, of course, with his family and friends. He is ambitious, systematic and determined to finish his work, no matter how much it costs. He is very selfish in this way.
“His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath.” Until now, Frankenstein behaves as a true scientist but after he makes the creature live, he seems to me like a small child who cannot take responsibility for what he has done. He is the first man in the world who created life from dead substance and he is not proud of it. Shocked and full of fear, he escapes instead of taking care of the monster. I have that kind of feeling that his reaction is irresponsible and illogical and this attitude to the monster is the primary cause of the later tragedy. If he was interested in the monster, if he took care of him none of next events would happen. I do not know if it was the purpose of the author but during the months when Frankenstein is doing things not related to the issue of the monster, I am really left in a strain. I am “worried” about him and interested in his feelings and how does he cope with the problems of the world. Frankenstein’s relationship to the monster is expressed in this sentence: “...when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy...” He considers the monster as an enemy but he has no reason.