Thomas Mugridge

Wolf Larsen

Mugridge is the cowardly, sycophantic cook who fears and resents Wolf Larsen's brutal authority.

George Leach

Leach despises Mugridge for his cowardice and sycophancy, often taunting and threatening him.

Maud Brewster

Maud is disgusted by Mugridge's servile and treacherous behavior, viewing him as a contemptible tool of Wolf Larsen.

Harrison

Harrison and Mugridge share a tense, low-status dynamic as fellow crew members under Wolf Larsen's rule.

Humphrey Van Weyden

Humphrey is initially pitied by Mugridge but later becomes a target of his petty malice and jealousy.

Wolf Larsen

Mugridge is the cowardly, sycophantic cook who fears and resents Wolf Larsen's brutal authority.

Wolf Larsen

Mugridge is the cowardly, sycophantic cook who fears and resents Wolf Larsen's brutal authority.

Harrison

Harrison and Mugridge share a tense, low-status dynamic as fellow crew members under Wolf Larsen's rule.

Maud Brewster

Maud is disgusted by Mugridge's servile and treacherous behavior, viewing him as a contemptible tool of Wolf Larsen.

George Leach

Leach despises Mugridge for his cowardice and sycophancy, often taunting and threatening him.

Humphrey Van Weyden

Humphrey is initially pitied by Mugridge but later becomes a target of his petty malice and jealousy.

II

The cook; obsequious and oily, provides Humphrey with ill-fitting, sour-smelling clothes and fawns for a tip.

III

The cook; fetches coal for the burial and is sharply rebuked by Wolf Larsen.

IV

Now domineering and bellicose toward Humphrey, insists on being called Mr. Mugridge, and berates Humphrey after the wave incident.

V

Steals Humphrey's money, threatens him with violence, and is hit by a shoe thrown by a hunter.

VI

Becomes increasingly obnoxious; boasts of his familiarity with officers and mocks Harrison's plight.

VII

Bribed by Humphrey to fry flying fish in the galley.

VIII

Loses all his money to Wolf Larsen in a card game, becomes drunk and maudlin, and is later doused with salt water on deck.

IX

Resentful of Humphrey's rest, sharpens a knife menacingly, stabs George Leach, and grows increasingly mad and threatening.

XI

Lives in mortal fear of Leach; is cur-like in his subjection to Humphrey; poses a potential threat due to his cowardly courage.

XII

Informer who causes Johnson's beating; later beaten by Leach.

XIII

Forced back to work despite injuries, burns his hand, and delivers a lengthy lament about his miserable life and hatred for Wolf Larsen.

XV

Not directly present, but his earlier remark about God hating the crew is recalled by Humphrey.

Chapter XVII

Found groaning under the forecastle head, later dragged out from hiding after the galley is destroyed.

XVIII

Recovers from his injuries and resumes his duties as cook and cabin boy.

XXI

Punished by being towed overboard, loses his foot to a shark, and in agony bites Wolf Larsen's leg.

XXII

Mentioned as complaining and restless; Humphrey checks on him and finds him sleeping from morphine.

XXV

Lies in the forecastle with a broken leg, melancholy but clinging to life, expressing a desire to see Wolf Larsen dead.

XXXII

Revealed to have sabotaged the Ghost's rigging by nearly severing the lanyards, contributing to the loss of the masts.