However, after judging the monster by his appearance, no one in the story is able to see his good features because they are too focused on his appearance. This is how Shelley presents part of his main point, which is that you should never judge someone based on their appearance, because they have many more important qualities. The monster was never able to communicate with anyone, because whenever someone saw him, they immediately wanted nothing to do with them. However, the monster decides that he will finally encounter the cabins he has been watching for so long, and he plans the confrontation so that the first person he introduces himself to is De Lacey, who is blind. The monster does this because he knows that his appearance is frightening, and that no human will see him and want to put his appearance aside. He recognizes that he has good qualities once his physical characteristics are ignored, and he is capable of relating to others. Since De Lacey cannot see him, the monster hopes that De Lacey will notice what is really important and convince Felix and Safie to ignore his appearance. When the monster introduces himself to De Lacey, they have a normal conversation. As the monster talks about himself, De Lacey is extremely kind and understanding, telling the monster that he is "blind and cannot judge [the monsters'] faces, but there are