Benito Cereno Timeline and Summary
MoreBenito Cereno Timeline and Summary
- We meet Cereno when Captain Delano boards the San Dominick.
- Cereno gives Delano a brief history of the doomed ship: storms, fever, and scurvy, oh my!
- Cereno is relying pretty heavily on a slave named Babo. He can't go anywhere without the guy.
- Delano gives Cereno side-eye when he doesn't punish slaves for beating the Spanish cabin boy.
- Cereno asks Delano about how well armed the Bachelor's Delight is. What, so he's going to play pirate?
- Before Delano can react, a slave named Atufal comes to Cereno's quarters.
- Cereno asks him if he'll ask for a pardon (for something we never hear about), but Atufal refuses.
- Babo gives Cereno an ill-fated shave. Let's just say that blood isn't a good look for anybody.
- Cereno tries to hold Delano's hand before he leaves the San Dominick. It's really not a romantic kind of thing; it's a desperation kind of thing.
- Cereno jumps into the boat with Delano as he leaves and evades being stabbed by Babo, who follows his master.
- Cereno hides out in the Bachelor's Delight as the two crews engage in an epic battle.
- After Babo's trial and execution, Cereno wastes away and dies.