"The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad.

The story of "The Secret Sharer" written by Joseph Conrad is about a Young Nameless Captain who was not sure of himself or of what he was doing aboard the ship. He feels strange aboard the ship and also unfamiliar with the sailors, he feels that they don't trust him and would betray him, as they sailed to the Gulf of Siam he would embark on a journey that would take him to discover his …

…close crash experience the shipmates all respect the Captain from making the right decisions during the near crash. The Young Nameless Captain was a man that didn't know his truth identity and his reason of being a captain. Until one day he met Leggatt that he considered as his twin identity and after a dangerous experience he finally knows his truth identity. This story teaches us to find what are we, and the reason for.