Captain Delano's Character
There's always that person who is just too nice and innocent to survive in society. Sometimes society just has to bit the bullet and think the un- thinkable. Captain Delano was a good natured and observant person through out the story. He was observant, but that did not allow him to fit things together that were going on in front of him. He was a sea captain from Massachusetts, and runs the merchants ship the Bachelors Delight. Delano not being able to realize what is occurring on the San Dominick played a major role in the short story" Benito Cereno" written by Herman Melville.
Captain Delano is known to be the nice character in the short story. …
