Confidence Within In the short story "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad, the Captain changes from an insecure person to a confident leader because of the experience with the Secret Sharer. At first, the Captain felt reluctant to give orders for fear of what his crew thought of him. Through an interaction with Leggatt, the Captain makes a transformation to a more self-assured person. In the beginning of the story, the Captain, a stranger to his ship and his crew, is fearful of the opinion of his peers. The Captain knowing that for the last two days his crew had plenty of hard work and little sleep, let all hands turn in without settin