A Tangled Tale · Character
The Captain
A tall, grave, serenely self-satisfied ship's master who knows his longitude and latitude to an inch and pities any landsman who does not.
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The ship's captain, proud and formal, who takes responsibility for the accident but is baffled by the fishermen's weighing results.
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The Captain paces his deck in never-ending parade, towering over idle passengers and explaining, with lofty condescension, the curious customs of the islands he visits. He takes quiet pride in his ship, his precision,…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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