To Cuba and Back · Character
The Young Captain
A young ship's captain whose command of the vessel carrying the narrator frames the voyage as both passage and apprenticeship in authority.
supporting
Also known as the young captain
First appearance: to cuba and back
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The young captain, a former naval officer from Georgia, walks the deck with the narrator and discusses his regrets about leaving the navy due to lack of promotion.
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He holds the deck while the narrator observes, a working counterpart to the traveler's detached curiosity. Youth and command sit uneasily together in him, and the narrator's eye lingers on how responsibility sits on…
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