The Sea-Wolf (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Griffith Chaney
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1904
- Setting: The Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Escapes, Brothers, Death or dying, Revenge, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Cruelty, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Hunting or hunters, Pacific Ocean, Mutiny
- Locales: Islands, San Francisco, CA, Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea
Characters Discussed
Wolf Larsen, captain of the Ghost, a ship used in hunting seals. Larsen is a fierce, satanic figure, driving his men relentlessly and beating them brutally when they disobey him. He calls himself a materialist who does not believe in morality, ethics, or religion. He is contemptuous of anyone who believes in a spiritual dimension to existence. Although he is a monster, he is also courageous and curiously intellectual. He loves debating his views of life and earns the admiration of the novel’s narrator, Humphrey Van Weyden, who learns from Larsen a...
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