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A 5 page book report which provides an overview of Joseph Conrad's 1903 novel, 'Typhoon.' Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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the steamer Nan-Shan, had a physiognomy that, in the order of material appearances, was the exact counterpart of his mind: it presented no marked characteristics of firmness or stupidity; it
had no pronounced characteristics whatever; it was simply ordinary, irresponsive, and unruffled" (Conrad 1). He was a man slow to emotion, but apparently quick to action, a man of
reason where, "Every ship Captain MacWhirr commanded was the floating abode of harmony and peace" (Conrad 2). On the surface, MacWhirr would appear to be the ideal person
to serve as captain of the Nan-Shan. After all, he has passed all the rigorous tests that were required by the British government. As the narrator noted, "The
wisdom of his country had pronounced by means of an Act of Parliament that before he could be considered as fit to take charge of a ship he should be
able to answer certain simple questions on the subject of circular storms such as hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons; and apparently he had answered them, since he was now in command of
the Nan-Shan in the China Seas during the season of typhoons" (Conrad 10). He easily recognized the typhoon warning signs reported by Jukes, his first mate -- increasing winds,
yet falling barometer. The ship was beginning to take in water. In fact, MacWhirr even noted in his diary that there was every indication that a typhoon was
rapidly approaching. According to a nautical book he had been reading about, a captain do whatever he can to sail around the storm. In other words, steering directly
into the typhoon should be avoided at all costs. The egotistical MacWhirr slammed down the book and condescendingly concludes that it must have been written by a woman.
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