To emphathize with the monster means to see traits of oneself in the monster.
To emphatize is defined as to be able to understand how someone else feels. It is to understand and share the feelings of another.
Empathy refers to the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference. To put it simply, the capacity to place oneself in another's position.
There are different types of empathy such as cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, and somatic empathy.
The societal fear that this monster most likely represents is fear of government control. Society has many fears as a collective entity. The government can use this conscious or subconscious fears to manipulate and control society.
