Tangible Doppelganger
... He supports Leggatt being a ghostly counterpart, or doppelganger, and being a real person, leaving it up to the reader to contemplate Leggatt’s existence in the novel. ... The first scene is a great example of Leggatt being a doppelganger. ... “In a moment he had concealed his damp body in a sleeping suit of the same gray-stripe pattern as the one I was wearing and followed me like my double on the poop…” (Page 657) Now he looks like the Captains double, making him seem even more like a doppelganger. ... Even though what is presented when they first meet is very convincing, there are also scenes that make Leggatt appear real and not a doppelganger. While reading the scene of Leggatt’s arrival onto the unnamed ship, there is very surreal mood, with strong evidence of Leggatt being a doppelganger. ... If Leggatt is a doppelganger, than by creating him the Captain would have gained a friend to look up with self-confidence.