Pincher Martin (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: World War II
- Setting: Mid-Atlantic Ocean
- Principal Characters: Christopher Martin, Nathaniel, Mary, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Davidson
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Fable
- Subjects: Nature, Self, World War II, Religion, God, Reality, Islands, Death or dying, Imagination, Atlantic Ocean, Shipwrecks, Military life or service, Navies, Lobsters
- Locales: Islands, Oceans
The Story:
Christopher Martin was a crew member of the English destroyer The Wildebeest, which was sunk by a German torpedo in the Mid-Atlantic during World War II. Martin did not make it into the safety boats that other survivors managed to get aboard. Christopher Martin had his lifebelt on, however, and, after the ship sank, he worked to inflate the belt. He succeeded in this, and then, in his own imagination, he managed to kick off his seaboots. Christopher Martin’s struggle to survive in the Mid-Atlantic began.
Christopher Martin found himself struggling to...
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