Captain Jaggery Quotes

In the first few chapters Charlotte is confused on who to trust, so she decides to judge people by their class. The crew had the lowest class on the ship and the Captain had the highest class and she had decided to trust the captain. She judged who to trust by their clothes and class instead of their heart and loyalty which was a big mistake for Charlotte. Charlotte soon learned that Captain Jaggery is twisted and evil because he has killed and beaten many people and some of those people have been people from his crew. She had learned she placed her trust in a murderer’s hands because she judged the Captain and the crew. In these chapters, Charlotte still trusts Captain Jaggery because of his class, but she would soon regret her quick and

thoughtless actions. She learns that captain Jaggery has killed and hurt his crew members and he even hurts Zachariah. In the chapters 13-17, it shows that Charlotte progressively learns to prove herself to the crew more and more.

During these chapters, Charlotte had decided to prove herself by climbing the highest sail and climbing down safely. This was very surprising to the crew because they had judged Charlotte by her gender and looks and they had thought that she would never do something as reckless as that. Charlotte Doyle had surprised and impressed the crew and Captain Jaggery. They all thought since she was a fragile, obedient girl she wouldn't have proved herself to become a crew member. This connects to my theme because this event is explaining don’t judge a book by its cover. This event shows Don’t judge a book by its cover because everyone judged Charlotte and thought she would never want to become a part of the crew and they definitely thought she would try to prove herself to the crew by climbing the tallest sail. On page 198 Captain Jaggery had explained to Charlotte why he despised her so much. The captain had thought that Charlotte would help keep the crew in line with her feminine ways but when she didn’t do as he thought he got mad at her. Captain Jaggery even said in the book, “ When this voyage began I had high hopes you would help me keep the crew in order with your lady-like ways. But you, Miss Doyle, you interfered with that

order”. These words of the captain uncovers the theme Don’t judge a book by it’s cover for the book because Captain Jaggery had missed judge her. He thought since of her class and gender she wouldn’t take risks nor go against his saying. Captain Jaggery judged her to be easy-going, respectful and obedient because of how she dressed, looked, her gender and class. This is how section four shows my theme. In the book, The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, Charlotte is placed in many life or death situations where one mistake could have placed Charlotte in a bad position. During Charlotte’s adventure, she is judged and scared for what’s to come. At the end, she surprised everyone by her bold decisions and her unladylike behavior that kept her alive.