Journal #6: The Monster's Hierarchy of Needs and Multiple Intelligences

                     In comparison to a human child, Frankenstein's monster can be described as more of a "marvel" than a "monster". Sure, it is different due its sickly skin and black lips, but mentally the monster has a rapid growth throughout chapters 13 and 14. Within what I infer is a year after it has been created, the monster has developed multiple intelligences and has most of his survival needs met. Compared to the average human infant, this monster could be considered a prodigy.
                 One instance that demonstrates the monster's developmental speed is demonstrated when it finds food and water from the forest and from the leftover homeless camp, and a temporary homeostasis in the forest. It also forms logical-mathematical intelligence by figuring out that fire and wet lumber don't mix in order to build a sustainable fire.
                 As the monster moves from the forest, it satisfies a certain level of safety by moving into a hovel when snow begins. Before the monster moves, it displays spatial intelligence by understanding that the snow around him makes the forest less viable. In the hovel, the monster  demonstrates its bodily-kinesthetic intelligence by noting that it can only sit to be comfortable.
                As it observes the villagers, the monster also achieves a fair level of esteem by sympathyzing with the emotions that the villagers have. When it sees the young woman cry, it begins to feel emotions that it doesn't understand at first. The observation of the De Lacey family also contributes, because the monster empathizes with every emotion that the family members have, and later holds the family in high esteem by calling the members its protectors. Its reactions are signs of interpersonal intelligence growth.
                      The whole situation in chapters 13 and 14 doesn't just demonstrate how rapidly the monster develops. There is an underlying theme in this portion that anyone who is different still has very similar characteristics to the normal majority. The monster shows very human characteristics by satisfying its needs and developing intelligence. Also, Victor pieced together every part of the monster intricately in order for him to be a living human.  In other words, the monster is very human.