What component of an effective introductory paragraph is missing from the paragraph below?

Man or monster? Dr. Frankenstein may have created a monster, but is he himself a monster? In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster suffer tragedies and heartbreak. Frankenstein loses his wife, and the monster sees his mate destroyed by his creator. Are they both monsters? In the next paragraph, we will examine what it means to be a monster.

A.
hook to capture reader's attention

B.
thesis statement

C.
background information about the novel

D.
outline of the essay's main points

that is C

Explanation:

The sentence that most reflects Frankenstein's creature's feelings regarding the reaction of people around him is the following: "The monster asks Frankenstein to create a companion creature for him, so he won’t feel so lonely in the world." By the time the crature requests that a companion be created for him, he has experienced rejection by the family in the cottage, to whom he had been kind, as well as that of his own creator; he knows that only another creature like himself will be capable of accepting him.

The actual thesis statement

Explanation:

I could be wrong bc i ot 4/5 but im p sure it's right