Benito Cereno Timeline and Summary

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Benito 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.