Kin Hubbard once wrote the quote, “A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.” Based on the book a possible theme for to match it would be that “everything is not always what it seems to be.” The beginning of the book starts off with Charlotte at the docks being escorted to her ship and having her luggage carried for her. In the first chapter of the book It says, “I don’t intend to take one more step toward anything to do with a Mr. Jaggery. Not for double gold. Not one more step.” The porter said, and then the porter ran away. Then further into chapter one, it says that Mr. Jaggery was the captain of the ship. As I continued reading, it seemed that there might be something odd about Captain Jaggery. …show more content…
Sure enough, there was a man named Cranick who wanted revenge from Captain Jaggery, because Captain Jaggery beat him so badly, that he lost his arm. It becomes clear that Captain Jaggery is a dangerous person and Charlotte is stuck on a boat with him. Additionally, through chapters seven to twelve of the book, Charlotte found some really surprising things.
She found a pistol in the trunk, a piece of paper with a “round robin” on it, she discovered that Ewing has a mermaid tattoo, and most surprisingly, that in chapter nine, there was an extra man on board of the ship. The round robin is a big deal because a round robin is defined as, “a letter/notice, it circulates from person to person in a group, often with individual comments being added by each.” So at this point of the book, maybe the crew has all made a deal on something and they are all in on it, and it could have been about the extra man. Also, it was odd that she had found a pistol in the trunk. Then in chapter ten captain Jaggery shot Cranick right in the chest, and then captain jaggery threw Cranick’s body overboard the ship into the ocean. When I read that part it was very surprising because I knew there was something weird or odd about captain Jaggery but I would have never thought he would kill someone and to relate to the theme it was not what it would have seemed to be for captain jaggery to kill …show more content…
someone. Furthermore, chapters thirteen-seventeen. In chapters thirteen-seventeen, one of the oddest or weird events that came up in these chapters was--even after everybody thought Zachariah had died, he somehow came back. In the book this is how they say Zachariah came back, during a hurricane Charlotte has to climb to the end of the bowsprit on ship to cut a rope, during the hurricane the eye of hurricane storm came and Charlotte almost fell off of the bowsprit into the ocean but before she fell Zachariah reaches out and grabs Charlotte before she fell in. At that moment it the book says that Zachariah was back after being dead and it was amazing. It seemed that it couldn’t be true and Charlotte was imagining it but after those chapters, it had to be true--Zachariah was back. Zacharias return really supports the theme because well nobody after dying comes back, and Charlotte for sure had thought that Zachariah was gone, it showed that everything is not what it always seems to be, because Charlotte would never think about him coming back and him being actually being alive, and that is exactly what it did not seem to be to charlotte lastly, the book finished off with chapters eighteen-twenty two.
Still at this point of the book my theme still matched the book, but in my opinion, I think that these are the most out of all the other chapters the best and it fits the theme the best. It fits the theme of “Everything is not what it always seems to be.” Because in these chapters Charlotte goes to court with captain jaggery to trial who was the murderer of Hollybrass was, and it seemed to me that the trial was very odd because none of the participants barely even spoke throughout the whole trail. After that in chapter 19 Charlotte accuses Zachariah of killing Hollybrass, once he answers her, they both realize something important about captain Jaggery. Charlotte mentions, “Then in despair, I said, Zachariah, sometimes I think captain Jaggery has worked this all out so you and I would blame one another.” This ties back to everything's not what it always seems to be because Charlotte seemed to be very good friends with Zachariah, so it was very unlikely for Charlotte to blame him, also before reading this part of the book I never thought about captain jaggery setting them up to turn on each other. As well the ending of the book Charlotte Doyle True Confession is amazing. I thought that it was amazing because it ends with--Captain jaggery ends up falling off the ship dropping into the ocean and dies on the ocean floor never to be seen again. Then Zachariah says, “Charlotte has done what we can not let
her be the new captain of the ship.” So at the end of the story, it has a great ending and still holds the theme of, “Everything is not what it always seems to be,” accountable. All in all, I have read and finished off the book Charlotte Doyle's true confessions. Throughout all of my chapter pieces, I found that my theme “Everything is not what it always seems to be,” and it had matched to the story. A wise man named Kin Hubbard once wrote the quote, A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. I think that Kin Hubbards quote really matches this story because if it was to be written to be about the story it would be that everyone is not who they seem, simply because you just don’t know, just like the theme of this story, “Everything is not what it always seems to be.” So in the end, all of the consequences, problems, and unexpected thing create a perfect theme.
Captain Jaggery urges Charlotte to try to be like a young boy without stating it. After Charlotte decides to join to crew Captain Jaggery insists upon calling her “Mr.Doyle,” because she joined a crew full of men. Even at one point the Captain
In part one of the The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle Captain Jaggery is very nice to Charlotte. He is nice to Charlotte because her dad was the person who got him the job. He must have thought that Captain
When Charlotte is on the ship she finds the crew lead by Cranick , attempting to kill captain Jaggery, but failed so captain shot Cranick. On page 85 it said, “ It was that exact moment that captain Jaggery fired his musket.” Cranick use to be part of captains crew, but he made captain mad so captain beat him so much that Cranick’s arm came off and he left the crew. Cranick latter came back on the ship as a stowaway when Charlotte came aboard the seahawk. Because the crew failed at killing captain, captain chose someone to take the punishment.
Charley Goddard when into the war when he was fifteen years old he when into the war only to be a man. He was not thinking of what he would have to live on, the conditions he had to live under. He was not thinking that he would have to see the things that he had seen, doing the things that he had to do to stay alive. When Charley entered the war he wasn’t scared mostly because the didn’t do much. When the war really started to “kick up” or become more intense he started to get scared, he almost threw up half of the time. He didn’t think he would have to walk and take cover from dead men- dead friends. When Charley was out of the war he was twenty one. He was walking with a cane and is complaining that he was too old. When Charley said he was too old he wasn't talking about his age he was talking about the things he had seen.
Abuse is a subject that should be considered important. There are about 960,000 abuse incidents reported annually. 85% of them are reported by women. The resting 15% are reported by men. In Fried Green Tomatoes, abuse is a recurring part of the book, Fannie Flagg does an admirable job in describing in detail the abuse incidents that happen throughout the book. Ruth is a character that receives abuse from her husband, she believes she deserves everything he does to her, even push her down the stairs. She finally takes the decision to escape from the abusive relationship she is in when her near death mother advices her to. Along the way characters develop some effects caused by abuse. People who suffer from abuse may develop fear, low self-esteem, or strength.
There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.
In The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Lady Brett Ashley is a representative of the New Woman, changing the American landscape. This is shown when she changes from a female to male role, as she pleases. For example, when she takes the place of a male role she demands that people please her such as, when she ordered Jake to “kiss” (Hemingway, 15) her “once more before [they] get there.” (Hemingway, 15) Although changed back to her female role when “she gave [Jake] her hand as she stepped down” (Hemingway, 15) For a man to help a woman out of a car is known as a chivalrous and an expected action, especially in the past, in addition, the man is suppose to initiate the kiss. Brett is a woman who wants to display a secure, stable, satisfied and independent life to the point where readers are not able to
Our perspective on life can have a significant impact on our life. Depending on how you were raised it can impact your perspective on life very differently than others. For example if you were raised in a home of poverty or drug abuse you are use too that lifestyle when you're young. It wouldn't be till your older you would realize it is not a normal way of life. It shapes our life. In the novel the Glass Castle Jeanette is a perfect example of how your perspective changes throughout life as you experience life in addition to maturing. Her change in life had an unbelievable impact on her life that made her a well round mature adult despite her upbringing in poverty.
Mania is an excessive enthusiasm or desire, typically with a negative intention, and that is what Roger Chillingworth suffered from. Throughout the novel, he goes out of his way to make the life of Arthur Dimmesdale awful. He tortures Dimmesdale from the inside out, psychologically outsmarting him at every turn. Chillingworth claims that Hester is the reason he has acted so awfully, but it is not common for others to agree with him. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Chillingworth’s deep desire for revenge is understandable, as he was a decent person before he found out about the affair, but then turned into a maniac in his quest to exact revenge on Dimmesdale.
The Crucible, a play written in the 1950’s by American playwright, Arthur Miller, is based on the chaotic witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts during the 1600’s. Abigail, a sinful protagonist in the play, is the root to the myriad problems that conspire throughout the play. She is to blame for the executions of innocent citizens, and for acts of lechery between marriages. An important reappearing theme throughout the play is one’s reputation and the extremes the characters would take in order to preserve their name. The characters in The Crucible, particularly, Parris, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth, use the sanctity of their names to prioritize how they will look in the public eye, rather than what is beneficial to them individually.
The Glass Castle is a novel that follows the life of a dysfunctional family from the perspective of Jeannette Walls, the third child of the Walls family. Throughout the stories, the readers see all the hardships the children face, as their lunatic parents do what they think is right. After reading the book, it seems to agree the quote “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands” by Anne Frank.
Media makes celebrities seem as if they live life facing no problems or hardships. In reality, they do not live a perfect life, but that characteristic of celebrities' life tends to go unseen. In Charles Dickens’s, A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens develops Mr. Lorry into a character where business engulfes his life. Mr. Lorry continually tries to suppress his emotions using many different strategies. Even though business is always Mr. Lorry’s top priority, he always has a special place in his heart for the people he cares about, the Manette’s. Through the use of characterization and dialogue, Charles Dickens uses Mr. Lorry to promote how humanity overrides one’s business side no matter how hard they try to suppress it.
The first aspect of Willy's character that affected his failure was his pride. Willy's pride caused him to in many situations make very poor and unethical decisions, that affected both himself and his family. An example of this is through the conversation between Willy and Charley “CHARLEY: ‘You want a job?’ WILLY: ‘I got a job, I told you that. [After a slight pause] What the hell are you offering me a job for?’ CHARLEY: ‘Don’t get insulted.’ WILLY: Don’t insult me.”(DOAS: pg x) Willy does not take the offer which is an obvious example of a poor decision. He makes this decision because he sees this generous whole hearted gesture as a kind of pitiful handout that his pride restricts him from taking. By not taking this handout willy puts his self pride infront of
In the Bluest Eye, the chapter that I found to be interesting towards the novel would be the chapter containing Soaphead Church and his interaction with Pecola Breedlove. This chapter in the novel has different themes that influence the book such as beauty/ugliness, femininity, home, racism, and sexuality. This chapter of the novel displays that even though an unlikely character is added into the story that they can be important towards the main character and plot sequence. When it comes to the plot following a particular character such as Pecola, there are other characters thrown into the mix in order to show how even though they are from different backgrounds they add a certain effect to the novel which impacts the main character.
In a study with subjects, pens that were either gag shock pens or normal ones were given to average people, and when given the chance, more people took the chance with the shock pen then being safe. We take risks for a reason, though- for a reward, as shown in the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. There may be a small chance of getting whatever we want- maybe a souvenir, the words “Yep, I did that”, or maybe just to subside our friend curiosity and figure out what it feels like- but whatever it is, us humans will take the chance. In the book, many risks are taken by the characters. Each risk help carry the story through a journey down a metaphoric river Twain has created by developing not only