Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
"I abstained...neighbouring wood."99
The sustenance that Frankenstein's creation learns to survive on is berries, nuts and roots from the woods nearby where he is staying. The foods that he finds are three of the main things that a civilized man would use if he were trapped in the wilderness without food. The chapter about the creature's development is highly comparative to the development of man. Once again, like the fire, the berries and other naturally provided sustanence represent basic knowledge.
