The Unwanted Child

The Monster's story allows for more respect concerning his existence and struggle, even going so far as to beg you to sympathize with him. His story recounts things we all have gone through: rejection, loneliness, a desire to fit in, to know our purpose; yet his is a story so dramatic that this mythical creature, who seems a phantom or emblem of fear at first notice, becomes at once understood and pitied.
Slowly he has become aware of the unethical creation behind his life, and probably the most horrific realization of all: that his very creator wants nothing to do with him, even despising his very existence.
So the monster fights to make sense of this world and surroundings that he finds himself in, the unwanted child of society, yet never giving up; finding inspiration in those he lodges next door to. At first, he contributes to the poverty of his neighbors and upon the guilt he feels from that action, tries to make it right by secretly giving back. Not much unlike Victor's guilt, I'm sure, for the accusation of Justine in the murder of his brother.
Nevertheless, the monster does make attempts to become 'human', yet he is rejected both by his neighbors and also by an action to help a girl in need.
One can understand slowly the dread towards human nature that would build up, in this being, after time, and has eventually become apparent in the murder of Victor's kid brother.
The monster's request for a mate seems reasonable, but we as the reader know just how much of Victor's life will be required to go back into that process of creation. And lest he should allow someone else, like Elizabeth, to undergo that process too, he will have to postpone the only true happiness in his life right now. Will he do it...