"Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed." p. 69
It honestly makes no sense how a creature could be living for two years and already have a better vocabulary than an eighteen year old honor student. Nevertheless, I have to give him props. The monster taught himself everything after Frankenstein showed him no sense of love or compassion as his creator. By observing others, the monster was able to become extremely articulate as well as intelligent enough to devise a plan to win the affection of others. In just two years he was able to become, as far as I could tell, an honorable member of society. He figured out the rights and wrongs and even does good deeds for his neighbors. He puts his own desires aside to help others, which is something that takes years and lots of growth. I don't think this point has any real relevance other than I thought it was a kind of neat point to make. It's almost kind of scary how fast he learned things. Maybe that is because it was a stolen brain that had already made all of those neural connections. But I digress. There is no need to try to make logical sense of fiction books such as this. :)
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