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Pincher Martin’s Insatiable Nature

2 Pages 527 Words August 2018

In William Golding’s novel Pincher Martin, the audience is introduced to Christopher Hadley Pincher Martin, who is currently serving in the British Royal Navy as a temporary naval lieutenant during the time of the Second World War. The British destroyer where he was stationed at the starting pages of the novel was a target of a sudden German torpedo attack. After the event, the protagonist was the only one to survive, but he did not live for as long as the freezing water soon finished him off. Martin’s civil life will be revealed to the readers through several flashbacks to his past; these recollections will expose his insatiable hunger to us.
The readers soon discover that Christopher Hadley Pincher Martin was a cruel and moody person throughout his whole life with his ever-growing hunger for needs, desires. William Golding made a clever hint with the name of his protagonist; it is uncommon in the military that people receive nicknames for their names. In the protagonist’s case, “Pincher” is a clear suggestion towards his inner selfishness and vile nature. One can get a better understanding of the protagonist’s actions and behavior through his recollection of his past life. Christopher’s best friend, Nathaniel was the exact contrary of his character. On the one hand, Nathaniel was symbolizing as one of the seven heavenly virtues, chastity he was the representation of abstinence. It was a good reason for Christopher to attempt to rape Nathaniel’s wife, Mary. However we do not discover if the act happened or not, still, the intent of the rape was there nevertheless.
On the other hand, Christopher was symbolizing one of the seven deadly sins none other than greed. This was one of the reasons the protagonist looked down on him in every way, and therefore he was plotting to murder his friend on the destroyer. Coincidentally he was also selected by his producer Pete to play the role of greed; Martin’s producer thinks he w...

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