... , during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption; but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots, which I gathered from a neighboring wood" (Frankenstein, 77). Observing how his actions were causing the family pain and suffering he sacrifices his own self-preservation out of compassion ... ...

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