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A 5 page analysis of Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Sharer” as it involves the element of “self.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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a great deal of the experiences of Conrad (ClassicNotes). "Because both of Conrads parents died during his childhood, he was a sad child, something that plagued his adult life. His
works, therefore, often deal with a lonely person who is cut off from his fellow man, as the captain is in The Secret Sharer" (ClassicNotes). As a lonely and introspective
individual his works clearly focus a great deal on "self" in many various ways. With that in mind the following paper analyzes Conrads "The Secret Sharer" as it involves "self,"
focusing on how Leggatt is merely an aspect of the Captains self that he must resolve if he desires to be a good leader. The Secret Sharer In
first examining the sense of "self" in Conrads novel this essay offers up two different critical analyses of Conrads story. One critic notes, Conrads story deals "with a process of
maturing that involves the loss of youthful illusions, a process usually precipitated by an actual trial that challenges the protagonists professional skills as well as his assumptions about his identity
and sanity" (Galloway). As the individual in the story deals with the crisis, or crises, the identity becomes more refined and in possession of moral ideals which acknowledge human weaknesses
and mankinds necessity for interdependence (Galloway). This is an aspect that clearly speaks of leadership and maturity for without such wisdom a man cannot become a good leader. Another
critic focuses from a different perspective and illustrates how the Captain in the story truly sees something of himself in the criminal Leggatt, something which actually urges him to protect
this man: "The Captain thinks that he should help his mirror self escape and risks everything, his job, his life, even his ship to fulfill this desire" (Welden). There is
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