Certain situations require specific character traits and personality types in order for success and survival. In many cases if these traits aren’t present, the individual must change their mind-set in order to suit the situation. This is the case in the novel Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling. Harvey Cheyne was forced to change his mind-set and frame of reference from that of a spoiled child to a honest hard working man, as the journey …showed first 75 words of 1099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1099 total…and his passage home. In the novel Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, Harvey Cheyne was forced to change his mindset and frame of reference in order to survive and gain passage home. He was forced from the life of a spoiled child to that of a hard-working fisherman. In certain situations individuals must change their ways in order for success. They must change aspects about themselves to suit the situation and cater to its events.