Monsters that make us care…

Did you cry when you watched Frankenstein? So misunderstood.  The guy didn't ask to be created, didn't understand the world he'd woken to find.

Did you cry when King Kong died?  All the guy wanted was his pretty blond girlfriend.  Dying for love. 

Sometimes, the monsters in books and movies can be so sympathetic that they slip past our guards and yes, they make us care.  When I found out that Jason (from the many, many Friday the 13th movies) was supposed to be a kid who'd drowned years...