The Secret Sharer (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1880
- Setting: The Gulf of Siam
- Genres: Short fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Punishment, Ships, Southeast Asia
- Locales: Siam
Characters Discussed
The Captain, the narrator and protagonist of the story, a young man who is beginning his first command. The nameless young Captain not only feels like a stranger to his ship but also feels like a stranger to himself. Being the youngest man on board, with the exception of the second mate, he doubts his abilities, and he wonders if on this first voyage he will turn out to be faithful to his own ideal conception of his personality, something that he believes all men secretly set up for themselves. His first real challenge comes with the arrival of the escaped...
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