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In the short story "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad, the Captain changes from an insecure person to a confident leader because of the experience with the Secret Sharer. At first, the Captain felt reluctant to give orders for fear of what h ....

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... decision. Later, while still on the deck thinking to himself, he wonders what kind of impression he had left on his men. He says, "My actions might have made me appear eccentric" (492). He worries about the opinion of his peers because he is a stranger to them and himself. The Captain then goes through a transformation experience, when he meets his "double," a man named Leggatt. After meeting Leggatt, a stowaway that committed murder, the Captain changes into a confident person. Through Leggatt, the Captain gets to know himself better and is no longer a stranger to himself and his crew. Shortly after meeting the Secret Sharer, the ...