Rousseau's Philosophy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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The monster as natural man is nomadic; he roams from place to place, eating and resting where he can. When he finds adequate shelter in the hovel attached to the De Lacey's cottage it becomes convenient for him to stay there. According to Rousseau's discourse, "new conveniences [weaken] bodies and minds, and [eventually turn] into needs" (Edwards)...
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The monster's newfound kennel is directly adjacent to a familial society; one that ? due to his perfectibility ? transforms him irrevocably by producing a need for assimilation. Rousseau writes that "without language or the ability to reason, it simply never occurs to the savage to be evil" (Edwards)...
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