What Have You Been Reading? Allusions

"It was as the ass and the lap-dog, yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, dserved better treatment than blows and execration." the creature Pg. 81

It seems to me that the shed isn't the only place the creature has been hiding out in. With all the allusions he makes you'd think he'd spent his first two years of life in a library. There is no doubt that he is an incredibly fast learner; I mean look at how much he's learned in just two years! He learns all about the basics of life such as fire, darkness, rain, etc... but he also manages to pick up the english language by simply listening to the family talk. In fact he probably has a better vocabulary than I do. Still I can't seem to figure out how it is he learned about the bible or the folk tale about a donkey and a dog. Either the family he's listening to tells a very wide variety of stories that he was able to pick up the meanings of extremely well or well I don't know? His allusions do make very good points though. His allusion to Adam conveys the idea that Victor is not so much a father as he is a god to the creature. Also the donkey and the dog makes a good point about how people can judge more on appearance than on actions.