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I am looking for a character trait that is "pity/empathy shown with selfish intentions.
Basically, it is describing the narrator of The Scarlet Ibis.
He is embarrassed that his brother cannot walk. He helps him walk in the hope of having a brother that can do things with him that normal brothers can. So he helps him walk but in doing so pushes him too far.
