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A 5 page paper which examines protagonist Harvey Cheyne’s “coming of age” as he is swept overboard from a luxury liner, rescued by the hard-working crew of a cod-fishing boat, and learns the meaning of work, the value of friendships, and through his experiences, gains understanding about life and the world around him that will serve him well when he becomes a man. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Courageous, is a delightful coming-of-age story set in the high seas. Young Harvey Cheyne is a privileged fifteen-year-old American boy who is used to getting everything he wants and
answering to no one, including his overly indulgent parents. During a cruise to his parents to Europe, fate intervenes and when a seasick Harvey is swept overboard, his life,
perceptions and character are changed forever. Captains Courageous is a truly memorable tale of a boy who learns the meaning of an honest days work, the value of true
and lasting friendships, and glimpses for perhaps the first time in his life the anguish and heartaches that often intrude upon the real world that extends beyond the sequestered boundaries
of sprawling mansions and manicured lawns. Harvey learns lifes lessons the hard way, and his experiences lay a solid moral foundation for responsible manhood. Captains Courageous begins with the
complaints of passengers aboard a luxury liner concerning a petulant Harvey Cheyne. When one explains that the lad was going to Europe to continue his education, another perceptively observes,
"Education isnt begun yet" (Kipling 1). Of the spoiled Harvey, Kipling wrote, "Harvey had never in all his life received a direct order--never, at least, without long, and sometimes
tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons for the request. Mrs. Cheyne lived in fear of breaking his spirit, which, perhaps, was the reason that she herself
walked on the edge of nervous prostration" (8). It is believed that Kipling based his arrogant protagonist on a real-life boy named Albert, who seriously tried his patience while
on a ship traveling from India to China in 1889 (Carpenter and Carpenter 56). Kipling would say of Albert, "Some day a schoolmaster will get hold of it and
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