John Locke, in his “Essay concerning Human Understanding,” states that knowledge is founded from experience (Locke 2), an observation that is later reiterated and affirmed by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein, in which the monster learns merely from experience, lacking any innate ideas. The pursuit of knowledge is at the heart of Frankenstein, which could sometimes turn to be not only useful, but dangerous as well. Although the monster searches for an “education” through trying to find his “father,” he soon realizes that he does not need a teacher or an education – he is able to learn all the skills that he requires on his own, through his experiences and observations. In psychology, nature is your genetics, while nurture is defined by your experiences. If the monster had received this education from his creator, he would have simply taken on the doctor’s worldviews and learned through “nurture” rather than nature. He would have become a product of the doctor’s thoughts, instead of learning on his own. However, in the end, he was not “nurtured” by anybody. He nurtured himself.