Mary Shelley-"Frankenstein" Part 2.

At one point in the novel, Shelley seems to start to develop the theme of not judging a book by its cover.  The creature may hold some credibility in his hatred toward humans.  Why shouldn't he hate them?  No one, besides the blind man, has given him more than a moment's chance to show his real character which is genuine and emotional.  When the creature is chased out of the village earlier in the novel, I do not think he quite understands neither what has happened nor how he feels about it.  Once his education grows, he gains this understanding and places more hope into his encountering of the DeLacey family which in the end creates a bigger emotional letdown and sense of abandonment for him when Felix, Agatha, and Safie reject the sight of him.  He is so overcome by emotion he refused to fight Felix back and claims "my heart sunk within me as with bitter sickness" (Shelley, 97).  Later on, the girl and boy help to completely destroy any shred of faith the creature had left in humanity by shooting him for saving the girl.  In this, the reader establishes an understanding for the creature's actions.  Contrary to what other may believe at this point, the creature is not fully culpable for his actions.