The Captain : The Characters

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The Captain is a story of a group of people trying to decipher their lives and the course history has led them to follow. Taking inspiration from the great Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, The Captain places the reader in the heart of two worlds. The Caribbean islands and their people, and the Spanish conquistadors and settlers. It flings you into an age when slavery permeated life, when contraband and the black marker existed as a way for the poor to survive as Spanish control of the Indies grew.
The Captain presents the reader with characters struggling to understand the importance of choices, learning what true leaders are, and about the valor to defend one's family.

In the character of Don Aquino we see a man who is still part of the past, of an age when Spain was glorious. He is someone who thinks everything is owed to him. A small king in his empire, unaware of the servants he keeps.
In Rodrigo we find a young military nobleman who's determined to bring back the old glory of Spain, before the British defeated the Armada. He will sacrifice everything to bring back the glory of his people, even the happiness of the lady he loves, Soledad.
Following Rodrigo blindly, in awe of his leadership, is Roberto, the head slavemaster of Don Aquino's planation. He sacrifices his own choices, afraid to stand up to Rodrigo's military leadership and by what he believes. He is afraid to take control of his life.
Captain Ojo del Diablo will also sacrifice everything. He is a corsair without loyalties, only looking out for himself and his own glory, yet incredibly lonely and left without a place to belong.

As one of the pirates of the golden age, Redbeard is now old and longs to retire with his riches and live a satisfied life, untrusting of the changing Indies. However, his devotion to Luna Negra, who he sees as his son, drives him to the sea.
Embittered by a contrabandist life and its harshness, Captain Morgan struggles to find a reason to be once more, watching as Spain and Britain rise and fall from glory.
The reader is also flung into brief moments of the lives of Indian servants, Black slaves, and peons -- into the intricate world of a plantation.

Amidst these characters and their fears and doubts lie Soleda and Lune Negra. Soledad, a young lady who has known nothing but tradition and the life of a sheltered princess, is a young lady who suddenly finds herself in love with a pirate, someone outside her world. Yet, it is not only love what he brings into her life the day they meet. It is a desire to understand justice and kindness, to wake up and listen to the people who serve her and the colonies.
Luna Negra cannot understand life, cannot understand where fate leads him. He merely follows an intense hatred -- a desire to destroy Spain's control of the Indies, to have them leave the islands. This leads him to a life of bloodshed and destruction. Until he meets Soledad -- and suddenly all of the rage inside of him is not enough.

< return	elijah	The Captain is a story of a group of people trying to decipher their lives and the course history has led them to follow. Taking inspiration from the great Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, The Captain places the reader in the heart of two worlds. The Caribbean islands and their people, and the Spanish conquistadors and settlers. It flings you into an age when slavery permeated life, when contraband and the black marker existed as a way for the poor to survive as Spanish control of the Indies grew. The Captain presents the reader with characters struggling to understand the importance of choices, learning what true leaders are, and about the valor to defend one's family.

		In the character of Don Aquino we see a man who is still part of the past, of an age when Spain was glorious. He is someone who thinks everything is owed to him. A small king in his empire, unaware of the servants he keeps. In Rodrigo we find a young military nobleman who's determined to bring back the old glory of Spain, before the British defeated the Armada. He will sacrifice everything to bring back the glory of his people, even the happiness of the lady he loves, Soledad. Following Rodrigo blindly, in awe of his leadership, is Roberto, the head slavemaster of Don Aquino's planation. He sacrifices his own choices, afraid to stand up to Rodrigo's military leadership and by what he believes. He is afraid to take control of his life. Captain Ojo del Diablo will also sacrifice everything. He is a corsair without loyalties, only looking out for himself and his own glory, yet incredibly lonely and left without a place to belong.

		As one of the pirates of the golden age, Redbeard is now old and longs to retire with his riches and live a satisfied life, untrusting of the changing Indies. However, his devotion to Luna Negra, who he sees as his son, drives him to the sea. Embittered by a contrabandist life and its harshness, Captain Morgan struggles to find a reason to be once more, watching as Spain and Britain rise and fall from glory. The reader is also flung into brief moments of the lives of Indian servants, Black slaves, and peons -- into the intricate world of a plantation.

		Amidst these characters and their fears and doubts lie Soleda and Lune Negra. Soledad, a young lady who has known nothing but tradition and the life of a sheltered princess, is a young lady who suddenly finds herself in love with a pirate, someone outside her world. Yet, it is not only love what he brings into her life the day they meet. It is a desire to understand justice and kindness, to wake up and listen to the people who serve her and the colonies. Luna Negra cannot understand life, cannot understand where fate leads him. He merely follows an intense hatred -- a desire to destroy Spain's control of the Indies, to have them leave the islands. This leads him to a life of bloodshed and destruction. Until he meets Soledad -- and suddenly all of the rage inside of him is not enough.