There are times when humans wish they could live without pain and suffering. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, pain and suffering are caused by the actions of Victor Frankenstein and the monster. In the novel, pathos is created when the monster tells his story, a character makes a regrettable decision, and a character dies unjustly. Pathos helps the reader understand the novel better. Pathos is first created when the monster reveals his story. Brought to life by Dr. Frankenstein, the monster begins to identify his five senses and explore the world around him. According to the monster, "A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me...I learned to distinguish the operations of my different operations of my senses" (Shelley, 87). The monster is abandoned by its creator and left to figure things out for itself. The monster looks like a lost child, unsure of his surroundings. Dr. Frankenstein abandoning his own creation is comparable to a parent abandoning their children when they are at their most vulnerable and some sympathy is felt for the monster. Then the monster learns another miserable fact about himself: he will remain sorry for the rest of his life. By observing the joy and happiness of others, such as the De Lacey family, the monster develops a desire for recognition, which can only be cured by finding his own family, who understand his torment. The monster's attempt to communicate and connect with the De Lacey family fails as he is violently pushed away by Felix, Tran 2 "in a transport of fury, he threw me to the ground and hit me violently with a stick" (Shelley, 121). The feeling...... middle of paper......Tein's life is as miserable as it can be. Pathos is Tran 4 felt by his death because even though Dr. Frankenstein made mistakes that ultimately led to his downfall, he lost the rest of his family to the monster. It's a price far greater than the pain it causes the monster. Thus, the unjust death in the novel creates a sense of pathos. The pathos in the novel is created by the story told by the monster, the decisions that caused the characters' downfall, and the unjust deaths. Pathos is a feeling of sympathy and sadness that helps the reader better understand what is happening in the story. Whenever someone reads painful stories, it is inevitable that pain and suffering will arise. Works Cited Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. The United States of America. Bantam books, 1981.