<span>As it turns out, Mrs. Winterbottom leaves to reconnect with a son she gave up for adoption before she married Mr. Winterbottom. She never told anyone about this son for fear of not seeming "respectable." She is very worried about being "respectable," perhaps because Mr. Winterbottom cares so much about being respectable, too.</span>
Answer: the sailor was despondent when he realized he was shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Explanation: despondent means to be in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
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The narrator claims that humans do a lot of that same stuff, too. Humans kill others (both people and animals), steal their stuff (just the people), and eat them (just the animals).
She's able to be happy at some points. "Turning on the light upstairs" is a way to "turn on" happiness.