No one is born good or bad. A person's whole persona is the result of their surrounding environment. They are the result of how their elders influence them and their conscience can be the result of bad parenting or lack of parenting. Despite the monster not being born, it still needed to develop it's sense of right and wrong but it didn't receive it. Right after birth, Victor abandoned the monster and left it on its own. The result of Victor's departure left the monster being alone in the world. It had to experience new things and make decisions on its own because it did not have an elder influence to show him the ropes. This is the product of bad parenting as the parent (Victor) was not around to discipline the monster and show him the flow of life.
With this lack of parental support, the monster was forced to live in the wild by himself because people didn't know how to react to something that was so far different from themselves. While in the wild, he found a cottage and began to study the people that lived in the cottage to help him fully understand how people live. He felt comfortable enough with them to introduce himself but once introduced, the people couldn't get over his appearance and they forced themselves to move away. This particular episode developed the monsters first hate for human but more in general his hate for Victor for just leaving him alone in the world.
Once the monster finally met up with Victor again, all he asked for was a female companion so he was not alone in the world. He vowed that they would stay away from civilization and not harm anyone but Victor blew off the demand. This just furthers the idea that Victor was a bad parent. One is supposed to want what is best for their child but he just threw the monster to the side and didn't show any interest in his feelings.
The monster became what he was because of Victor. If Victor chose to stay with the monster, than the whole situation could have became different. The monster could have fit in with society instead of being an outcast. Victor could have had a positive impact on his life that caused him not to hate humans but he chose to neglect him which resulted in the hatred.
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