It is only after learning about human relationships that he begins to cry: "no father had watched over my childhood days, no mother had watched me had blessed him with smiles and caresses; or if they had, my whole past life was nothing more than a stain, a blind void in which I could distinguish nothing. (Chapter 13) As he becomes more familiar with the history of the cottagers, he is "deeply impressed" and "learns to admire their virtues." From this we can see that the intimate environment of the home not only triggers the monster's pain, but also makes it more eager to establish relationships with humans. His attempts all prove to be failures: when he finally befriends the blind old man, he is kicked out by Felix and Agatha only because they are terrified by the monster's experience (chapter 15); when he saves a drowning girl, his only reward is being shot by the girl's father (chapter 16). The desire to form relationships keeps the monster on a human approach, but his appearance continually renders his attempts futile. The monster is thus caught in a painful vicious circle: the more he learns about human society, the more he is eager to establish relationships with humans; the more he tries to do it, the more he is