We have finally finished this novel and it was nothing like I had expected. I never expected to feel sympathy for the creature, but he is the only character that I felt sympathy for at all. I agree with Harold Bloom that the reader’s sympathy lies with the creature for a number of different reasons. I would find it hard to believe that Victor could receive any sympathy from the reader because of his cowardice and selfish acts. Sympathy lies with the creature because he was created without a say in the matter. He never chose to be created, but instead was created by Victor who was trying to play God. Victor wanted recognition and he went as far as to create life from death. Once he had completed this task, he abandoned the creature and took
