Throughout Frankenstein it is clear to the reader that the characters lack love and affection and often face rejection and loneliness. The most obvious example of this is the creature's story, in which it faces abandonment by its creator and everyone else it encounters. We also see this in Never Let Me Go, where the only people who accept children are those like them, while their guardians seem to fear them. The creature faces religious rejection throughout the novel; Shelley may have chosen to include it to represent contemporary ideas of the Enlightenment (science and reason surpassing religion). One of the books the creature reads is Paradise Lost and so he bases his knowledge of creation and parenting on what he reads in it. He directly addresses Victor telling him 'I should be your Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…' (Page 77) this shows that the creature feels rejected by his God and cast out from what should be his paradise. It also shows that the creature feels it should be treated with the same love and care that a parent gives to their children, as well as guidance and protection, however, it is left to live with fear and abandonment. This perhaps highlights how the enlightenment influenced Victor's actions in abandoning the creature due to how scientifically unnatural the creature was, rather than the religious notion of the creator loving creation. The creature still continues referring to what he has read when he says: 'Satan has his companions, fellow devils, who admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested." (Page 100) This shows that he is telling Frankenstein, perhaps in an attempt to get him to give him what he wants, that even the worst, most feared... middle of paper... my they don't seem to be affected as they have l 'other. Kathy later says that "being together"... "just holding each other" (page 269) this suggests that they can find comfort in each other even when they are rejected by society and the people who cared for them as children . An example of this rejection is when Miss Emily tells them that she "had to fight her fear" (page 264) and "feel such repulsion" (page 264) towards them. Overall, both novels clearly show ideas of loneliness and rejection and ties into the idea of ​​needing someone to confide in and love, whatever form that may take. Both also address social and moral issues from the contemporary period to when they were written, causing the reader to question their own views on society and whether they truly believe what they believed at the beginning of the novel. Works Cited Don't Let Me Go Frankenstein