Negative thinking is a thought process where people tend to find the worst in everything, or reduce their expectations by considering the worst possible scenarios. ... The opposite approach would be positive thinking, approaching situations or circumstances with a positive attitude
Negative thinking is when you always think that something bad will happens or that you will fail whenever you're doing a very important tasks. It defines a pessimistic attitude towards everything no matter how passionate you are to this particular thing.
An example of conflict in Frankenstein that drives the story on would be when the town chased him with all of their weapons such as pitchforks and fire.