Why should we empathize with the creature?

In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, the monster is a victim of society’s superficiality. The author places the monster in a world where he is different from everyone else, and is shunned for it. We need to empathize with the monster, as it was a living being with feelings, and was turned away from his creator at the times he needed to be loved.
Although the monster is physically grotesque, he represents the love and feeling that Victor lacks. The monster is essentially more human than Victor. He wants to understand life and become a part of the human sphere. He wants to establish relationships with humans and he reaches out and shows his kindness to people. The monster shows his compassion when he aids the DeLacy family
“I found another means through which I was enabled to assist their labors. I found that the youth spent a great part of each day in collecting wood for the family fire, and during the night I often took his tools, the use of which I quickly discovered, and brou...