Creature and the bear

There are many similarities and differences between the scenes of the creature and the bear watching humans. When the bear first sees the human it feels fear, but as time goes on the bear watches more closely on the humans and learns by observation. Both the bear and the creature question themselves as who they are, what they are, as they are observing the human life. The creature feels so different from the human that he puts himself down, wishing he could be exactly like the beautiful humans, rather than his ugly, monstrous self. Over time the creature has fits of rage, taking his anger about himself out on other humans and animals. Once the creature realizes he cannot be like the humans, he wishes for one just like him. The bear is also a violent animal, but after exposing himself to the woman he had been watching, he tries to make himself less violent and even takes care of the baby. The bear has a more positive outcome of this learning, simply wondering what he would be like as a man, wishing he was a man. The creature learns language and human social manners, but feels lonely when watching them interact with each other. Both attempt to make “human” sounds, with each making their own progress of grunting and moaning. The creature eventually learns how to successfully speak the human language, while the bear did not. Of all of the parallels between these two stories, the creature seemed to have been smarter than the bear. Although the bear realizes and accepts that he is a bear, the creature was able to observe the humans and correctly mimic their lives, like their language and social interactions; even if he wasn’t completely accepting himself for who he was. The bear has a home to go back to, with the rest of the bears, whereas the creature must find his master to have a purpose in his life.