Evil Social Practices Depicted in Frankenstein Like it or not, society always summarizes a person's characteristics based on their physical appearance. Society has established an unbreakable code that individuals must follow to be accepted. Those who don't follow the "standard" are hated by the crowd and banished because they are different. When the monster ventured into a city "...[the monster] had just put [his] foot inside the door...the children screamed and...the women fainted" (101). From then on he realized that people didn't like the way he looked and hated him for it. If the villagers hadn't run away at the sight of him, they might even have appreciated his personality. The monster tried to achieve this when he met the De Lacey family. The monster hoped to gain the friendship of the old man and, eventually, his children. He knew it would be possible because the old man was blind, he could not see the repulsive features of the monster. But fate was against him and the "wretch" had barely conversed with the old man before his children returned from their journey and saw a monstrous creature at their father's feet attempting to harm the defenseless old man. “Felix leapt forward and with supernatural strength snatched [the creature] from its father…” (129). Felix's action caused the monster great internal pain. He knew that his dream of living with them "happily ever after" would not come true. After that bitter moment the monster believed that "...the human senses are insurmountable barriers to our union [with the monster]" (138) and with the encounter with De Lacey still fresh in his mind along with his first encounter with the human beings, he declared war on the human race. The source of the evil being's hatred towards humans originates from his early experiences with humans. In a way, the monster began with a childlike innocence that was eventually destroyed by being constantly rejected by society time after time. His first encounter with humans occurred when he opened his yellow eyes for the first time and saw Victor Frankenstein, his creator, "...rushing out of the [laboratory]..." (56). This would not have happened if society had not considered physical appearance important. If physical appearance was not important then the creature would have had a chance to be accepted into the community with love and care. But society believes that physical appearance is important and influences how people behave with each other. Frankenstein should have made it less offensive if even he, the creator, couldn't stand its disgusting appearance. There was a moment, however, when Frankenstein "...was moved..." (139) by the creature. He "...felt what the duties of a creator were..." (97) and decided that he must create another creature, a companion to the original. But the disturbing images of his creation (from the monster's first moment of life) gave him an instinctive feeling that the monster would perform threatening acts on its companion, causing double the chaos! Recurring images of painful events originating from a first encounter could fill a person with hatred and destruction. We as a society are responsible for transforming what was once a childish creature into the monster we all know.