Overall, I agree with what Ariane wrote in her post (https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/rethinkeducation/?p=1722).

The monster in Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, had the brain of a baby. He was innocent, helpless, and clueless. The monster was “a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept” (Shelley 11). The monster learned the essentials to living through sensations and reflections. Adding onto Ariane’s examples of sensation was when the monster first arose, he felt a sense of coldness. Due to the coldness, the monster “on a sensation of cold, I had covered myself with some clothes, but these were insufficient to secure me from the dews of night” (Shelley 11). The monster was “delighted at the warmth” provided by the fire and sun (Shelley 11). and After spending days in the forest, the monster’s “sensations had by this time become distinct, and my mind received every day additional ideas” (Shelley 11). Another example was when the monster was observing Felix, Agatha, and Safie in their cottage. From observing how they communicate, the monster could match words with feelings and senses, “the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenances of the hearers” (Shelley 12). The monster further learned the senses of happiness, sadness, and other through his neighbors. The monster stated that, “when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys” (Shelley 12). With Locke’s sensations and reflections, the monster had transformed his baby mind into a mind full of knowledge.