Also, captains commands must be respected, as they were when he sent the night watchmen away. This is evident in the greetings between the lower officers and the captain. Also, there are rules and regulations to the liberties of the shipmates. There is a chain of command that must be respected. The laws that define the character behavior are similar to the laws of a standard ship operation. The place where the characters move and have their being is a sail ship in this novel. The opening paragraphs bring to life the world of the work. This brings to light the dialectic of the public versus the private world. The denotation of secret is something kept private, sharing is, however, a public act. This gives rise to a possibility of a good and evil dialectic. A secret has a mysterious somewhat evil connotation, while a sharer has a benevolent and good connotation. The connotations of the two main words in the title show a contradiction. Since the snake shares the ultimate secret of knowledge with Adam and Eve, it could be considered a secret sharer. A Biblical interpretation of the secret sharer could be that of the snake in the garden of Eden. It would be a person who is secretive, and you share your thoughts with them.
A secret sharer could also be an imaginary friend. This could be an image of a miser, who generally does not share his wealth, but does so only in secrecy.
Since a gossip is someone who tells peoples secrets, or in other words is a secret sharer if the word secret is taken for a noun, it is a possibility that this image might come to mind.Īnother image is that of a person who shares in secrecy, therefore becoming a secret sharer, if the word secret is taken for an adjective. An image generated by the title could be that of a gossip. The three little words contained in the title give rise to many interpretations. The first indication of a course that a novel may take is its title. The novella may be only fifty pages long but its words speak volumes. We see a young and inexperienced captain grow and explore himself and the world around him, and in the process becoming a functional member of a society.
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