"'Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it like a lichen on a rock" (85).
This simile adds to the intensity of the statement because the reader understands how knowledge literally took the monster over. Once he had a taste of it, he did anything to get his hands on it. In humans, this desire often destroys men and leads them down dark roads; this occured with Frankenstein also. The passion and hunger for an almost unattainable knowledge drives both man and monster to unparalleled lengths.
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I think that this simile truly reiterates the danger of pursuing too much knowledge in the novel. From the very beginning of the novel, readers can tell that many of the characters center their lives on pursuing the unknown, discovering, and gaining more knowledge. I didnt know, however, that this them would be so heavily carried throughout the book! I had previously assumed that the monster would have no intellectual capabilities at all- but his own pursuit of knowledge (as showed in your quote) are playing a very important role in his existence.
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