Dirk Peters

Augustus Barnard

Augustus and Dirk are close companions aboard the Grampus, sharing survival and mutiny experiences.

Richard Parker

Dirk Peters and Richard Parker are antagonistic crew members, with Parker ultimately becoming a victim of cannibalism.

Captain Cook

Captain Cook commands the ship where Dirk Peters serves as a crew member, with a formal captain-crew dynamic.

Jones

Dirk Peters and Jones are fellow crew members on the ship, interacting in a work-related context.

Wilson Allen

Dirk Peters and Wilson Allen serve together as sailors, with a collegial but not deeply personal bond.

Captain Guy

Captain Guy and Dirk Peters have a captain-crew relationship on the Jane Guy expedition.

Hartman Rogers

Dirk Peters and Hartman Rogers are fellow sailors, with Rogers being a mutineer whom Peters eventually kills.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

A key companion during the mutiny and survival ordeal; assists Pym in escaping the hold.

IV

Peters, a half-Indian line-manager, opposes the cook's bloodlust and saves Augustus from being killed, showing some kindness.

V

Visits the forecastle, brings Tiger to Augustus, and provides food and water.

VI

Shows kindness to Augustus, converses about Pacific exploration, and feigns drunkenness; Pym and Augustus consider recruiting him.

VII

Hybrid mutineer; kills Allen and leads the plan to retake the brig.

VIII

Leads the conversation to superstitions, signals Pym, and kills several mutineers with his strength.

IX

Badly cut by lashings; makes multiple dives into the flooded cabin but cannot open the steward's room door.

X

Dances about the deck madly when the brig is first sighted.

Chapter XI

Emaciated and mentally impaired; repeatedly asks about Nantucket and attempts to chew leather for sustenance.

Chapter XII

Draws first and is free; stabs Parker in the back; helps cut through the deck.

XIII

Pym's companion; helps Pym back onto the hull, strikes a shark with an axe, and shows moments of stoicism and despair.

XIV

Accompanies Pym in the mate's boat during the seal hunt around Kerguelen's Land.

XVII

Accompanies Pym in the boat and kills the giant polar bear with a knife to the spine.

XVIII

Peters is part of the armed party that goes ashore to explore the island.

Chapter XX

Accompanies Pym into the fissure and follows his order to retreat.

XXI

Buried up to his middle in earth; Pym helps free him; proposes exploring for escape and later suggests firing pistols for rescue.

XXII

Companion to Pym; helps secure food and conceal their hiding place.

XXIII

Accompanies Pym; suggests the indentations might be alphabetical characters.

XXIV

Ingeniously engineers the descent by cutting holes and driving pegs; saves Pym from falling; later clubbed by savages in an ambush.

XXV

Companion; speaks little, shows apathy and an unfathomable expression as they approach the cataract.