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Exercise Three -- KEY:

As indicated in the lesson, identifying implicit steps is not an exact science.  It's not even an inexact science.  So don't be surprised when your list of implicit premises is different from the one below.  You should compare what you've come up with against this list, though, and see if you're on the right track.  If your list is significantly different, or if you are unsure about your list, please talk with your instructor.  

Word of Advice: Try to take your explicit steps and put them together into Standard Form (see Exercise Four) before finishing this exercise.  Perhaps the best way to identify the need for implicit steps is to put your explicit steps in Standard Form and then determine what else is needed to make the argument flow from first step to last.

The following implicit reasons seem required to make the argument flow in Standard Form:

1. If humans can’t be kind to me, then someone else must be or I will wreak havoc.  (This is necessary to bridge the gap between (8) - (10) and the conclusion.  It is implicit in his use of "inspire love".)
   
   
2. The only option aside from humans is another created being. (This points to an exhaustive "or" claim that the creature relies on here: either I befriend humans or I befriend a human-like creature.  There are no other options from the creature's point of view.)
   
   
3. This someone will have to be created by you.  (Frankenstein created the creature, and since no human can be kind to him, another creature will have to be created to serve in that role.  Frankenstein is the only person for that job.  Therefore, he will have to create the creature's mate.)