In Frankenstein, it is clear to the reader that the characters lack love and affection and often face rejection and loneliness. The most obvious example is the creature's story, where it faces abandonment from its creator and everyone it encounters. We also see this in Never Let Me Go where the only people who accept children are those who look 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 overcoming religion). One of the books the creature reads is Paradise Lost, and therefore he bases his knowledge of creation and parenting on what he reads there. He addresses Victor directly by telling him: “I should be your Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…” (page 77), which shows that the creature feels rejected by his God and chased away from that which should be his paradise. This also shows that the creature feels that it should be treated with the same love and care that a parent gives to their children, as well as guidance and protection, but it must live in fear and abandonment. This perhaps highlights how the enlightenment affected Victor's actions in abandoning the creature due to the creature's scientifically unnatural nature, rather than the religious notion of a creator loving creation. The creature goes on to refer to what it has read when it says, “Satan has his companions, demonic companions, to admire and encourage him; but I am lonely and hated. (Page 100) This shows that he tells Frankenstein, perhaps in an attempt to make him feel guilty and give him what he wants, that even the worst, the most feared... middle of paper... My goodness, they don't seem to be affected by each other. Kathy later says that they "held each other"... "just held each other" (page 269), suggesting that they can find comfort in each other even when they are rejected by society and by the people who looked after them when they were children. An example of this rejection is when Miss Emily tells them that she "had to fight her fear" (page 264) and "feel such revulsion" (page 264) towards them. Overall, both novels clearly display ideas of loneliness and rejection and relate to the idea of ​​needing someone to confide in and love, whatever form that may take. They both also address social and moral issues from contemporary times up to the time they were written, causing the reader to question their own views on society and whether they truly believe what they believe. began the novel believing.