While I do agree that McReady does seem very persceptive of the abilities and thoughts of the “monster” the omission in one of your quotes does leak some of its strength: “It cannot animate a dead body, apparently” (22). This bit of uncertainty does not refute your claim, with which I happen to share a line of thought, it does follow logically the process through which a human being would explain something to which he/she had drawn a hypothesis. He generally makes assumptions based upon data of how the creature has reacted which lends itself to the believe that he is simply a intelligent and abstract thinker.