In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist, produces a monster and instead of teaching him the mannerisms and norms of society, he abandons him. Victor expects his monster to make it in the harsh and critical society without being taught the correct behaviors because he believes that having the correct mannerisms is intuitive. A common view of the book is that Frankenstein's monster should receive the blame, because he should have had a proper nature, but in reality society bred him to act. Victor isolated the monster, and other members of society followed Victor's lead and treated him as such as well; which made the creature's actions monstrous. Frankenstein played God, causing society to see his creation as a monster and a risk to the public, but Frankenstein did not intend to create the monster of a dangerous nature; society has raised him to behave like a beast. Victor Frankenstein, the main character of Mary Shelley's novel, is the creator of the monster. When Victor created the monster, he believed that he created it for the betterment of humanity, but in reality he created it because he wished to prove to the world that an average human being can perform divine acts. The desire to create the monster dates back to Victor's childhood. As a kid, Victor's passions were always science, chemistry and college; he became obsessed with the idea of ​​creating life from inanimate objects. He then decided to specialize in Alchemy. In Shelley's book Frankenstein, Victor says: "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their existence to me. I could in time (though I now find it impossible) renew life where death had... half of the paper... defines the word monster better than Frankenstein's monster Works Cited Bissonette, Melissa Bloom "Teaching the Monster: "Frankenstein" And Critical Thinking College Literature 37.3 (2010 ): 106-120. Academic research completed. Web. April 5, 2014.Heller, Peter B. “Frankenstein's Monster: The Downsides of Technology.” Search completed. Web. April 5, 2014 Lunsford, Lars. "The Devaluation of Life in Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN." . Academic research completed. Network. 05 April. 2014.