Ship of Fools | Characters
The Vera, the ship of fools, transports a large cast of characters, and Porter's astute artistry covers her vast canvas with vivid, indelibly rendered life. Starting from the varying cultural backgrounds of the characters, she renders, often with a few telling strokes, their physical presence which furnishes insight into their internal life.
Because her book is not a political tract, Porter commits herself to an evenhandedness of treatment. For example, among the grossly depicted Germans, the reader finds the sympathetic Dr. Schumann. His physical abnormalities actually...
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