Both the bear and the Creature were changed from their original shapes. Both of them also killed an innocent by grabbing them and squeezing them and then they ran off until they realized that they were alone. Also they both ran to the mountains after the kill. They both then found a home that had a burrow that they could fit into and they both stayed in their individual burrows for multiple weeks. Neither of these homes were empty. However, "The Heart of a Bear" is based in common time while Frankenstein is base many years in the past. The people in the house in "Heart of a Bear" were happy as well and instead of a grandfather they had a baby. The bear and the Creature both found themselves and began to think of themselves as human. The bear even tried to walk and talk. Both the creature and the bear found solace in the families. They both also tried to talk and explain themselves to the "weakest" of the family. The bear tried to talk to the woman and the creature tried to talk to the blind man. In both cases the creatures were rejected. The bear ate the woman and killed the man when he was rejected while the Creature just ran away. The bear, unlike the creature, found compassion for the baby that was still alive. The bear was also able to change himself enough to look more human and was even able to take care of the baby. The bear also was able to stay in society for a longer amount of time than the Creature. However, in the end he ended up running back through the forest just like the creature. Both, in the end, did not succeed as humans.