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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 h ....

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.... eccentric" (492). He worries about the opinion of his peers because he is a stranger to them and himself. The Captain then goes through a transformation experience, when he meets his "double," a man named Leggatt. After meeting Leggatt, a stowaway that committed murder, the Captain changes into a confident person. Through Leggatt, the Captain gets to know himself better and is no longer a stranger to himself and his crew. Shortly after meeting the Secret Sharer, the captain is feeling more confident and starts to give orders. He says, "It was the first particular order I had given on board that ship; and I stayed on deck to see it executed" ( ....