tes captive became Charles' new identity. He became a lonely, desperate, determined, naive old man who believed that he too one day would be picked up by the crystal ship. Charles was never born with these traits, beliefs, and characteristics; they were acquired through the experiences and the believed reality during his dreams and hallucinations. One of the best examples of how experiences can effect a personality are Sinbad's constant battles with loneliness; and one of the first experiences of his life as Sinbad the sailor was that of terror.
             "Hovering over these brisk waves, a couple of hundred yards away, was a shining disk... we felt a sensation first, all through our bodies... then I looked to see if George, who stood nearest to me, was still alive. But he was gone, and when I turned in terror to see where he was, and where the others were, they weren't there. No one. Nothing... It had swept away or eaten up or absorbed my comrades and left me there alone.&
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