el Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; a story about
             crime, punishment, repentance and salvation.
             The Mariner and Hagar Currie Shipley each commit a crime. The mariner's sin is
             fuelled by greed and pride, while Hagar's crime is her pride. The original sin committed
             by the Mariner was a result of his pride. Being the captain of the ship, he did not like being
             undermined by a lowly albatross that helped lead his ship through the storm and danced
             and played with his crew. The Mariner falsely claims to crew that the albatross brought
             the fog and snow. So he wields his crossbow and shoots down the albatross. Due to the
             degree of the Mariner's greed, he did not enjoy the fact that the albatross was taking the
             crew away from the Mariner by entertaining them and dancing around the ship like a large
             And a good south wind sprung up behind;
             The Albatross did follow,
             And every day, for food or play,
             Came to the mariners' hollo!
             (ROAM, Pt. I, p.221).
             Hagar, like the mariner, was consumed by the pride originally instilled in her by her
             father, Jason Currie. Jason was a self-made man that lived in Manawaka all his life and
             was an entrepreneur. He was also Hagar's mentor, although she would never admit it.
             Even as a small girl, Hagar would never let out a peep if it was against her father's wishes.
             When being punished, she would not cry out for him to stop since it showed weakness on
             her part. Her pride would not allow that to happen.
             Playing with her friends, Hagar would never show signs of weakness. For example,
             she didn't even pity the small, helpless chicks in the junk yard that were desperately
             holding on to life. When sent to school out east, Hagar expected to be taught ...