He knows he cannot directly ask for their help because he is so frightening; therefore, he takes residence in a deserted shack. He tries to win the families' heart by doing good deeds. The creature goes out in the middle of the night and harvests the crop, saving the family for the winter. The creature is considered the "Good Spirit of the Forest," only because he is yet to be seen. McCloskey writes, "after a year's secret observation of the idyllic life of the cottagers, he tries to reveal himself to them in perfect goodwill" (McCloskey 129). After being seen by the rest of the family, the family forgets about his good deeds and torments him. McCloskey further states that "through the blind father of Felix had just told the monster that 'the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self interest are full of brotherly love and charity,' charity horror and fear have quickly dissipated these kindly virtues" (McCloskey 130). McCloskey points out "society, represented by the other cottagers who, thought not blind physically, are blind to their traditional, irrational prejudices, proceeds to destroy the monster's virtuous inclinations and intentions, by the horror, fury and hate of their present reactions toward him" (McCloskey 135). Rage has grown inside of the "monste
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