Bligh, however, is an immensely skilled navigator, and he leads his small band of survivors over a great expanse of sea to safety - seemingly, an almost impossible feat.įletcher Christian One of the ranking officers on the Bounty, Christian comes from genteel stock and finally finds it impossible to endure all of the insults heaped upon him by Captain Bligh. Bligh's harsh punishments for minor offenses (or, often, imagined acts) make him an object of scorn and eventually cause the men to mutiny against him. Bligh's unreasonable behavior, coupled with the crew's knowledge that he has been cheating them of their due rations, makes most of them despise him. Bligh's strict disciplinary measures will be directly responsible for the seizure of the Bounty by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian and his followers. Early in the novel, we discover that Byam comes from a highly respected family and that he is a man of absolute integrity.Ĭaptain William Bligh The captain of the Bounty, he is sailing to Tahiti to gather breadfruit trees, whose fruit will be used as cheap food for the slaves of the British landowners in the West Indies. Because the sailors of the South Sea need to learn the language prevalent in that part of the world in order to trade with the natives, the British government hires Byam to compile a dictionary of the Tahitian language and an accompanying grammar book. He attracts the attention of Captain Bligh because of his unique ability to learn quickly and master the intricacies of foreign languages. At the beginning of the novel, Roger is seventeen years old. Historically, there was no such person as Byam he is simply a creation of the authors in order to dramatize the latter portion of the novel.
Roger Byam The fictitious narrative character used by the authors to tell the story of the mutiny on the Bounty.
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