Essay Comparing The Immigrant And The Narrator

In the story of The Secret Sharer, by Joseph Conrad, A man (the Narrator ) becomes the captain of a ship. All the shipmates have known each other for quite a while, so when the Narrator comes aboard he feels and is treated like a stranger. One night he comes encounter with a mysterious man, known as Leggatt, who hanging from the ladder of his ship. He feels an instant connection with him even after he learns that this man is a murder. He chooses to take care of this man and not tell anyone because he looks almost exactly like him and he has a similar mental struggle which leads him to believe in an ultimate connection that he does not want to separate.

Leggatt and the Narrator have an unusual amount of similar physical traits. Because of this, the Narrator feels a special kind of connection with Leggat. The first connection he feels is when he first encounters Leggatt, who hanging from the end of a ladder on his ship. After exchanging few words about the situation the Narrator explains that he felt “A mysterious

While the Narrator is pleasant and kind, he zones out while the captain is talking to him. He thinks, “I had become so connected in thoughts and impressions with the secret sharer of my cabin that I felt as if I, personally, were being given to understand that I, too, was not the sort that would have done for the chief mate of a ship like the Sephora. I had no doubt of it in my mind” (28). The Narrator has begun comparing himself to Leggatt as if he was Leggatt. He doesn’t want to throw Leggatt off his ship or give him away because, if he were Leggat, he would be scared and not like that. A lot of this reasoning comes from the Narrator’s natural personality while the rest of the reasoning comes from the mysterious connection that happens between him and Leggatt and he doesn’t what to let go of