the other perspective is told a second perspective from john bulkeley, the gunner.ooks like because he was born to the lower to he cannot affora portrait made of. but we know his thoughts. his intimate thoughts because he was a compulsiveskilled seaman . and he was instinctive leader. yet, because he was not born that would never become a commander of a warship. and the third perspective is point of view of jim byron, who had been just a 16 year old midshipman on the wager when it set sail. was born into the nobit and. he later became the grandfather of the poet lord byron, whose poetry, including don june, was fled■v referred as my great granddad's, my great my granddad's narrative. now,ik■wn the wager, he had volunteered for the mission. and this is a book and a story that is not only about the tell, but also the way stories shape us. and byron had read all these adventure tales. he even brought them with him in his sea chest for the voyage. and he thought he was going to live this great romance. he in many ways, ah, bewildering floating, bewildering, floating civ