He represents the character of contradictions. He is first described as a happy man and seems to be satisfied with his life. He is an Englishman and he's in Mexico for his own financial gain. He also describes European imperialism but mainly Captain Fellows represents deception. "'I'm glad to be home,' Captain Fellows said, and he believed it. It was his one firm conviction-that he really felt the correct emotions of love and joy and grief and hate. He had always been a good man at zero hour" (Greene 32). He acts likes he's happy but inside he is not.