character- Frank Danielle Gipps

frank is the loyal second-hand man of Basie who Jim is found by, after he settles on the stranded freighter.

• although he seems stubborn he follows Basie's every word like he owes Basie for something, however he does not enjoy the fact that Basie wants to keep Jim, even if it is just to sell at market
• he dislikes change, and tries to avoid it. for instance when Jim is told to stay with them, frank wants no change to his sleeping arrangement, or too the amounts he is able to eat and the time he eats it
• he is almost like an employee of Basie, although he is not getting paid in money but paid in shelter and food, which is bought using the money they receive selling items at market.
• frank, i think, doesn't care where these items come from, he is jut interested by their resell value at market. for instance, he had no problem picking gold teeth out of dead and rotting Chinese, as the Chinese seemed to always have at least one gold tooth
• although he dislikes Jim, like Basie he is intrigued in his upper class upbringing and is keen to hear about the houses and the food and the parties. maybe this is because that is the life that frank is so desperate to have but just cant have