"She struck where the soft white waves seemed soft as carded wool, but the cruel rocks, gored her side like the horns of a raging bull. Her rattling the shrouds, all covered with ice, with the masts passed along the table; like a glass ship, it capsized and sank, Ho! what This story describes a proud man who made the selfish decision not to listen to the gestures of a sailor and to go out to sea during an inescapable hurricane off Herman's Woe and takes his daughter with him decision, they both died when their ship "The Hesperus" crashed into the rocks and sank In "Wreck of the Hesperus" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow suggests that pride, betrayal and selfishness can change the outcome of things in ways. that people don't expect. Everyone needs to listen to what people have to say because it can really make a difference. The captain in “Wreck of the Hesperus” does not listen to the sailors' concerns about the ...