If a child is the victim of neglect or abuse at a young age, they will likely have a different worldview than children who have parents magnets. The creature, much like a child, lacked a parent, a father figure, someone to look up to, someone to guide him. The creature doesn't even have a name. Ashley Lancaster (2008) of Midwest Quarterly states that "Shelley further disconnects the monster from reality because Frankenstein never gives his creation a name, reinforcing the monster's lack of identity and connection to society." » (p.134 para.1) His first experience with Victor was rejection. This is what traced the pattern of his life. The night he was created, he reached out to Victor like a baby would his mother or father and Victor got scared and ran away. In fear and disgust at what he created, Victor abandoned the creature, leaving him to fend for himself. With no one to love or care for the creature, he spent his first days in the forest and he says as he tells his story: “I knew and could make nothing out; but feeling the pain invade me from all sides, I sat down and cried. (Shelley p.70) He was only aware of his surroundings at that time and he later continues to