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Narration Prompt
Retell this chapter in order: the death of Hartman Rogers, the alliance Peters forms with Augustus and the narrator, the gale and the documentary lesson on lying-to, the rejected rush, and the narrator's scheme to impersonate the dead man. Then name the moment you find most decisive and defend your choice.
Discussion Questions
- Stripped of his faction by Rogers's death and Jones's defection, Dirk Peters allies with the captives and even pleads that 'insanity' drove him to mutiny. Explain what Peters's situation and his own insanity defense reveal about how far the narrator can rely on him. Use details from the chapter.
- The mate is, by the narrator's reckoning, 'a cunning fellow' in all things save 'his superstitious prejudices.' Explain what that split in the mate's character reveals about him, and how the narrator turns it into the opening for his plan. Use details from the chapter.
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