Certain situations require specific character traits and personality types in order for success and survival. In many cases if these traits aren’t present, the individual must change their mind-set in order to suit the situation. This is the case in the novel Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling. Harvey Cheyne was forced to change his mind-set and frame of reference from that of a spoiled child to a honest hard working man, as the journey which lay before him catered not to a gentle hand but to a callused one. Factors that affected his change of outlook were the other fisherman onboard, the setting, and the workload of which Harvey was handed.
The characters in the story brought about a great change in the development of Harvey Cheyne’s character. The fisherman on the We’re Here wouldn’t allow Harvey a free ride. They treated Harvey like a fisherman, and favoured him no more than anyone else on the vessel. They forced Harvey out of his spoiled mentality and made him work for his supper and bed, a new concept for Harvey Cheyne. Harvey was assigned all of the same chores as Dan, the skippers son, and it was expected of Harvey to do the work without hesitation and of equal quality as Dan. “‘It’S ten an’ a ha’af a month, ez I
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Work was a new experience that he would have to accept in order to gain his right for passage on the We’re Here. The weather determined the fate of many fisherman. Harvey would have to gain a new outlook on his tasks. “Harvey’s knuckles were raw and bleeding where they had been banged against the gunwale; his face was purple-blue between excitement and exertion; he dripped with sweat, and was half-blinded from staring at the circling sunlit ripples about the swiftly moving line. Harvey Cheyne had always been able to go where he pleased, not being restricted by the weather. All of these factors need a strong mentality from each character, a mentality that Harvey Cheyne would have to develop in order to survive the trip, if not physically than mentally. Harvey had to mentally adjust to this new environment in order to keep his head about him and stay sane. ’ ‘Do you mean I’m to clean pots and pans and things?’ said Harvey. It came out that a wave had doubled the poor fellow over the heel of the bowsprit and broken his back. The small fishing vessel had close living quarters, with limited personal space.
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