The Creature's Point Of View

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In this story Victor Frankenstein made a creature. The creature came to life and was abandoned by Victor Frankenstein. In this essay i'm going to explain how the creature's point of view impacts how the reader understands and relates to him as a character. The point of view is first person because it uses I. She uses first person because It helps the readers know how that person really feels and what they really do. The creature said “I perceive that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenances of the hearers.” The creature also said “I distinguished several other words without being able as yet to understand or apply them, such as ‘good,’ ‘dearest,’ ‘unhappy.’ “ If it wasn’t for

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