Willie Keith in Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny "

Willie Keith: A Life Changed

        Sometimes it takes an event in bingles liveness to change a person. In Herman Wouks The Caine Mutiny, it took the dark blue to change the demeanor of Willie Keith.

        Before Willie joined the navy he was living the well-off keep. His mother came from a wealthy family so Willie had no problems financially. He never tangiblely took anything seriously. He didnt even take Princeton seriously. But his real career at Princeton had consisted of playing the piano and inventing bright humble songs for parties and shows. Willie just took everything he had for granted. When he graduated from Princeton he credibly could have gotten a pretty good job or gone on to earn his masters degree. Instead, he elected to pay off a piano player in a cocktail lounge. He was not paid much. The fee was, in fact, the smallest permitted by the musicians union for a piano player. Willie didnt really care, so long as fifty-dollar bills flowed from his mother. That was his life before the navy. In the navy, all of that changed.

        Once in the navy he learned that he couldnt really rely on his mother for everything. He was still careless and naïve active some things but he did learn that he was on his own.



At Furnand Hall he had received 48 demerits and was almost expelled. Willie then had to push himself to be on top of everything. The 48 demerits were not just going to go away and he couldnt have his mother do something about it. Willie had to be the one to get himself out of the mess he had created. Even when his generate came to tell Willie that he could probably get him transferred to the army Willie said, Will you do me...

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