If a child is subjected to abandonment or abuse at a young age, he or she will likely have a different view of the world than children who have loving parents. The creature, just like a child, was without a parent, a father figure, someone to look up to, someone to guide him. The creature doesn't even have a name. Ashley Lancaster (2008) of the Midwest Quarterly states that "Shelley further disconnects the monster from reality because Frankenstein never gives his creation a name, reinforcing the monster's lack of identity and connection to society." (p.134 par.1) Her first experience with Victor was rejection. This is what set the pattern for his life. The night he was created he addressed Victor just like a child would address his mother or father and Victor got scared and ran away. In fear and disgust at what he had created, Victor abandoned the creature, leaving him to fend for himself. With no one to love the creature or care for him, he spent his first days in the forest and, in telling his story, states: “I knew nothing and could distinguish nothing; but feeling the pain invade me from all sides, I sat down and cried.” (Shelley p.70) At that time he was only aware of his surroundings and continues to be so thereafter