Confidence Within In the short story "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad, the Captain changes from an insecure person to a confident leader because of the experience with the Secret Sharer. At first, the Captain felt reluctant to give orders for fear of what his crew thought of him. Through an interaction with Leggatt, the Captain makes a transformation to a more self-assured person. In the beginning of the story, the Captain, a stranger to …
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…anymore. In the short story "The Secret Sharer" it can be seen that the Captain has changed due to the interactions with the Secret Sharer. In the beginning he was an insecure person and then changed to a self-assured leader. The Secret Sharer has brought out confidence within the captain. The Captain no longer fears the opinion of his crew and is no longer a stranger to the ship, the crew, and more importantly himself.