Frankenstein

On the top of pages 85, what is it about human society that the monster learns from his observations of the cottagers?

Frankenstein chapter 13-14

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"‘Every conversation of the cottagers now opened new wonders to me. While I listened to the instructions which Felix bestowed upon the Arabian, the strange system of human society was explained to me. I heard of the division of

property, of immense wealth and squalid poverty, of rank, descent, and noble blood.

‘The words induced me to turn towards myself. I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow creatures were high and unsullied descent united with riches. A man might be respected with only one of these advantages, but

without either he was considered, except in very rare instances, as a vagabond and a slave, doomed to waste his powers for the profits of the chosen few!"

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Frankenstein/ Chapter 13