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Cameron Davidson Professor Dennis LAL 250 04 10 Sept. 2015 The Secret Sharer Assignment In The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, we as readers are introduced to the captain and a former first mate of another ship who has been arrested for murder of another crew member, whose name is Legatt. We learn of the captain's elaborate plan to hide Legatt to avoid his capture. First, he takes Legatt, the arrested first mate, under his wing and instead of arresting him, like he should, he tells him

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad The short story "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad centers around a character of a sea captain who is insecure and has great feelings of inadequacy on his fist job as Captain of a ship. In the story the Captain befriends a fugitive by the name of Legatt who is clearly shown to be a figment of the Captains imagination rather than an actual human being. The title of the story alone suggests that the "secret sharer" is an imaginary friend that is secretive

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad presents several themes throughout its composite narration of characters and the ideas it amplifies through the novella. Amongst all the many themes that are presented, there is one main theme that is thoroughly supported by Conrad in The Secret Sharer. The theme supported is, the ability that a person has, to change their beliefs due to the inexperience as a leader, self-doubt. In the beginning the Captain is an ethical individual, yet his interaction with the

Secret Sharer, Leggatt is the Captain’s dopplegänger. At the beginning of the story, the Captain is isolated, insecure, fearful of failure, and “a stranger” to the crewmen and himself. However, with the help of his dopplegänger, Leggatt, the Captain transforms into a strong, confident man, in full command of his ship. Leggatt serves the role of a teacher and friend in the Captain’s life, helping him in his struggle to gain respect of his crewmen and himself. He becomes the “secret sharer” by sharing

The Secret Sharer tells the story of a man coming into his own and learning Conrad’s protagonist, an unnamed man referred to as the Captain, is a young, inexperienced sailor, freshly appointed command of his ship. He lacks the confidence required to lead his men, and while he doesn’t fear outright mutiny, he believes his inexperience will lead to a lack of confidence, thus leading them to slowly chip away at leadership. He describes himself as an outsider on his ship, stating, “What I felt most

Symbolism in The Secret Sharer In any good story there is a little bit of symbolism. Symbols have deeper meanings that connect back to the theme of the story and help flesh out certain aspects of a character. They can be anything from the color of some curtains to a metal chain but each has their own significance to the story. In “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad there are symbols that connect to the overall mysteriousness and duality of the main character, the Captain. Items and places like

On Joseph Conrad's the Secret Sharer Joseph Conrad's "the Secret Sharer", is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed work's of Conrad. The reason of this success is its peculiar ambiguity. This story is narrated in the first person, and with the use of this method, the reader is constantly kept in the consciousness of the nameless narrator and remain there for the entire of the story which makes it the reader's responsibility—and

In the novella, The Secret Sharer, a novella written in 1910 by Joseph Conrad, the author explores the character’s struggle to reach their “ideal conception of self” and ultimately argues that men who are too in touch with their feminine attributes struggle to appear masculine in a man’s world. The Captain of the ship struggles to maintain his ideal masculine self, but is seen as a weaker and an effeminate character in the eyes of his crew. He is seen as a stranger to the ship but most importantly

Shake and stir's production of, Over Sharer, is a bold, contemporary interpretation of adolescent's use of technology. It over dramatizes events which happen in every-day life for teenagers who use technology. This play presents characters grappling sever repercussions with using social media. Over Sharer's dramatic meaning is that social media allows adolescents to wear a 'mask' and create a different persona, this is successfully shown throughout multiple scenes. Using a series of dynamic digital

of Event Shanda sharer was a 12-year-old girl who was beaten, tortured and sodomized by four teenage girls. Shanda was from Madison, Indiana the perpetrators were between the ages of 15 and 17 years old. Shanda caught the eye of Amanda Havrin who was the ex-girlfriend of Melinda Loveless. Melinda was very jealous of Amanda and Shanda’s relationship and according to the article by Ron Grossman “Lawrence and two other girls, Hope Rippey, 15, and Mary Laurine Tackett, 17, lured Sharer into Tackett's