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Summary Of The True Confessions By Charlotte Doyle
Life is unpredictable and you never know what is coming next. Don't ever get too comfortable. Always be ready for a change. (Could not find author) I think the theme that has developed in this novel The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is you never know who you can trust. I can prove this with examples from the books.
For example, in the first section of the book Charlotte could not trust her own fathers plans. The plans were for for Charlotte to get on the ship with two other families and travel to province. The two families did not show up. One family had and sick kid and the other could not make it. When Charlotte found about this very bad news. She mad and scared because she was going on a ship with all men and she was the only girl. This supports my theme because she couldn't even trust her blood her father, with the plans he made. As the story went on Charlotte not wanting to but went on the ship. This scene was in chapter 1. …show more content…
His name was Zacharia, Zacharia told Charlotte how bad of a man the captain was, but she did not believe what he said. She thought that he was a good man and would never do anything bad to hurt her. The captain thought of Charlotte as a good girl and would never disrespect him. Just when Charlotte and Zacharia get closer. The captain finds Charlotte's trust and Charlotte breaks it right in half. He chooses Zacharia to whip but he picked him for a reason. The reason was that he was the eldest man on the ship and the captain needed a younger set of hands. There is a twist, Charlotte angers the captain by saying he should not whip Zaccaria and Charlotte whips the captain across the face. The captain lost Charlotte’s trust because she disrespected him. This scene is in the 2 part of the
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