John Claggart is killed by the main character after he accuses him of mutiny, and Captain Vere sentences the protagonist to hang for his crime.
In this novel, the main character resolves to never be subject to a public flogging, and that character beats the Red Whiskers, turning the Red Whiskers' hate for him into love. One character sends Squeak to harass the protagonist repeatedly, although the Dansker befriends him and helps him onboard. The protagonist is originally a sailor on the Rights-of-Man, but he is impressed into service onto the H.M.S. Bellipotent. John Claggart is killed by the main character after he accuses him of mutiny, and Captain Vere sentences the protagonist to hang for his crime. For 10 points, name this novel about a title sailor, written by Herman Melville.
In this novel, the main character resolves to never be subject to a public flogging, and that character beats the Red Whiskers, turning the Red Whiskers' hate for him into love.
Billy Budd, Sailor