The monster finds 3 books whilst looking for wood in the forest, the first book is an epic poem written by John Milton called 'Paradise lost'. The poem is about humankind's loss of innocence in the garden of Eden. The monster reflects how is quite similar to the character of Adam in the poem, however also sees himself as Satan because he does not love his creator.
The monster sees himself like Adam because both had disobeyed their creator, however in the monster's case, he did not disobey his creator, instead the creator abandoned him making him seem like Satan because Victor, who could be seen as God, does not want share his presence.
The monster also reveals that when he fled from Victor's apartment, he took some of Victor's journal notes in which describes the monsters creation process. The monster curses Victor for making something so ugly and letting it out on the society.
This is the monster trying to stick up for himself, instead of Victor cursing the monsters, it's the other way round. The monster backs himself up by making it sound that Victor had created a creature which wouldn't be accepted into society, making it doomed and isolated.
Going back to the monsters story, one day when Felix, Agatha and Safie are all out, the monster decides to visit the blind old man in the cottage. The monster hopes that the blind man cannot be prejudice about his appearance, they talk for a while until the family return, Felix attacks the monster, Safie runs off and Agatha faints. The monster then runs away.
The blind man represents the few of society which cannot judge the monster by it's appearance, however when the family return and abuse the monster, they represent the rest of society which are quick to judge a person through their appearance, showing that they are prejudice and evil.
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