Dec 30, 2009

Typhoon | Characters

The main characters are Captain MacWhirr, whose limited and literal-minded approach to his work provides the central focus of interest in the novel. Even Mac- Whirr's wife seems to resent MacWhirr and prefer his absence on long voyages. Jukes constantly finds MacWhirr tiresome and aggravating, but fortunately, Mac- Whirr is too much absorbed in his duties even to understand the degree of exasperation and contempt felt by Jukes and some of the others. MacWhirr is a courageous and heroic man in his own way, since he does acknowledge the possibility of Nan-Shan being lost in the...