Volume 2 is really important because the narrative changes from Victors voice to the creatures. We therefore get a fair representation of the creatures character and also Victors meaning that we can form our own ideas and opinions.
-It is really interesting that in the creatures story, he speaks a lot of nature- 'I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat.' This shows a parallel between Victor and the creature as they both gain pleasure from nature. However, the significant difference is that the creature has been socialised by the nature around him whereas Victor was socialised by his parents. This means that the creature had no one to look after him and he learnt about the world through teaching himself, meaning that nature is his home. Victor had a very advantaged background meaning he could go out into nature and experienced all the positive things about it while being able to leave it and go inside. The creature describes it as 'oppressive' and Victor describes it as 'sublime'. Eventually the creature finds solace within nature as well.
-Victor's parents loved him very much so it meant that he had a very loved and advantaged upbringing, yet he still likes to isolate himself from them. The creature has been hated his whole life by his 'creator' and everyone around him but he still wants something he has never had, family. Even though he doesn't look like the typical human, he still has human qualities which is why he attaches himself to the De Lacy family and this is possibly the most surprising part of the book because as far as Victor and the reader knew he was a murderer.
-The creature becomes very well educated and he is able to create a strong argument and persuade Victor to listen to him- 'I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were...I consented to listen.' This is strange because firstly we don't expect the creature to be educated and secondly because Victor has repetitively spoken of how the creature disgusts him and he wants to kill him. Firstly, the creature has no name, he has been living in the wild and an outcast from society with no obvious means of gaining an education. However, he can speak well and this is possibly the most surprising thing because Shelley has built up this image of the creature and this is completely shattered when we meet him. This shows how important it is for this volume because it completely changes our view of the creature and also Victor because as a reader we may think him foolish for creating this illusion of what the creature is. After the creature finishes speaking Victor calls him 'the being' which suggests that there has been a shift of his opinion as it is a much more respectful name to be given than 'the devil'.
-The creature has been judged all of his life about the way that he looks which makes it surprising when he judges the De Lacy family on the way that they look. He looks like a monster meaning that everyone runs away from him even though we know that he is not. He judges them to be kind people by the way that they look- 'one was old, with silver hairs and a countenance beaming with benevolence and love.' The reader would expect him to hate that he has been judged purely on the way that he looks without people getting to know him because this has isolated him and made him unhappy but he does it himself, perhaps Shelley is suggesting that it is in human nature to do this.
