Locke's Association of Ideas says that children are brought up to create a better world. Thomas Day decided to adopt two young girls and told them nothing; he allowed them to learn for themselves - let them burn themselves to realize fire burns. Later, the girls became schizophrenic.
Mary Shelley's father, William Godwin, said that the peasants who took over during the French Revolution had learned from the aristocrats who tortured and executed their enemies.
The monster is similar to a poor child; Victor rejected his child. In order to get Victor's attention, the monster used violence; it's all he's ever known through his interactions with other people. In the ever growing argument of nature versus nurture, neither are totally the controlling factor but they both add to shaping individuals. Victor proved something to himself through creating the monster; he didn't do it for the monster's well being.
When the monster first saw William, he wanted to befriend him, have a companion, but William treated him as everyone else had. The monster was good but circumstances made him bad. Every time someone looked upon him, they treated him bad so he became bad. It takes effort to form a bond between parents and children, and Victor doesn't put any into it - he runs away.
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