The character's main motivation in the story was to somehow survive the shipwreck and make it to Jones Island. On one of the lifeboats, Mr Henry decides to give up his life and give Shy the special Ring that he was going to propose to his girlfriend. This was a selfless act because he thought that Shy and Addie had a better chance of surfing due to the better conditions that their bodies were in. The consequence in his decision is that he gave up his own life for the need of others and not himself. Shy decided to throw the bodies off of the lifeboat because they were rotting and it was attracting the sharks. This was in the middle of being selfish or selfless because he did care about the needs of others, but to throw the dead bodies off in
