# Ariel — The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket character guide

> Ariel in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Ariel, the Ariel

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

The small sailboat Pym and Augustus take on their first adventure.

## Relationships

### [Augustus Barnard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_narrative_of_arthur_gordon_pym_of_nantucket_se/characters/augustus_barnard)

_friendship_

Ariel, likely a ship or boat, is associated with Augustus Barnard in the context of their seafaring adventures.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_narrative_of_arthur_gordon_pym_of_nantucket_se/chapters/i)

The small boat that Pym and Augustus sail; it is destroyed in the collision with the Penguin.

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