Blog Post #3: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym- Amanda Allen

What I think is interesting in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe is the character Dirk Peters. In the first six chapters Peters to me is just another character. He wasn’t really doing much, but yet he was being talking about a lot by Poe. We knew that he was on the Cook’s side: “The party of the mate was gaining ground. Jim Bonner belonged to the cook’s gang, of which Peters was a partisan” (59). But then he joins over to Augustus’s side: “Peters had a long conversation this day with Augustus, and told him that two of his gang, Greely and Allen, had gone over to the mate, and were resolved to turn pirates” (59). Peters is now telling Augustus information about Cook’s men and is almost playing both sides.  Later on when things are getting worse, Peters is not with Augustus and helping them take over the villains. When they begin to attack, Peters is the one who being to kill the men and he is the one making the moves. I think this to be unusual because he was at one point on their side. The men were even impressed with his strength and ability (71).  If I were the men on Augustus’s side, I would use Peters as an asset, but I would keep my guard up around him. I have a feeling that he is up to no good based on what I have read so far. I would not trust him.