Throughout our lives, we are fed information from our parents, professors and friends. The abundant knowledge we attain helps us grow as individuals and ultimately able to pass this knowledge down to our predecessors. But this knowledge we receive isn’t just through man. Philosophers and scientists alike have debated for centuries whether a person’s character is the result of nature or nurture. Rousseau understands education to come from three sources: “from nature, from men, or from things” (Emile: 11). These three sources must “coincide and lead to a common goal” if the individual is to become well educated (Emile: 11). We visit this idea of nature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein when the monster is left on its own. Even without mothering, the creature manages to gain an education. I will provide textual evidence and facts to prove that Mary Shelley’s novel alludes to Rousseau’s theory of education in this novel.