Captain Jaggery In Avi's The True Confessions

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In Avi’s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Captain Jaggery has a split personality. Presumably, Captain Jaggery did some bad things and he is not a very good captain. First, he killed a man named Mr. Cranick because Charlotte went to fetch a needle for a man named Ewing and she found a round robin and a pistol and she told Captain Jaggery right away and that is when he killed Cranick. Second, during a hurricane Charlotte was climbing the Main Mast and Captain Jaggery handed her a knife and she cut the rope and after, Mr. Hollybrass was dead and the crew was in “ah” when they found out that Hollybrass was dead. Last but not least, Captain Jaggery blamed the murder on Charlotte without any evidence except for the dirk Zachariah gave her and a handkerchief that was placed in the scene of the death of Hollybrass. …show more content…

Captain Jaggery asked Charlotte to be a spy and tell her anything that the crew does that is wrong. Charlotte was fetching a needle for Ewing, but when she was looking for it, she found a pistol and a round robin. A round robin is a circle signed by 2 or more people that are going against the captain or the leader. After that, Charlotte told the Jaggery right away. Strangely enough, Jaggery unlocked the safe and got a gun, after he shot Cranick he yelled, “Who shall be next” (Avi 88). Not only did Captain Jaggery kill Cranick, but he also murdered Mr. Hollybrass cold

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