“Never be fooled by what you see on the outside because on the inside is often a different story.” This unknown author was saying that what you where and how you look can describe a totally different personality than what it looks. This idea can be seen in the book, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi where the theme is Don’t judge a book by its cover.
One example of the this theme is in the beginning of the book on page 29 Charlotte thought to herself “From his fine coat, from his tall beaver hat, from his glossy black boots, from his clean, chiseled countenance, from the dignified way he carried himself, I knew at once—without having to be told—that this must be Captain Jaggery. And he—I saw it in a glance—was a gentleman, the kind of man I was used to. A man to be trusted.” This proves the theme of the book is don’t judge a book by its cover because “...in a glance-was a gentlemen” she thinks automatically that he is a gentleman and is trusting because of the way he looks. Captain Jaggery is high class, and Charlotte was used to people like that so she thinks that is who she can trust. …show more content…
When Charlotte trusts him too much and tells him about the pistol and round robin he takes immediate action. Captain Jaggery killed the stowaway, Cranick, and abused Zachariah for extra punishment to the crew, but no real reason. This proves this book has a theme of don’t judge a book by its cover because Charlotte trusts the captain and tells him everything. This is because she thought the crew were liars and sketchy, so told on them to the captain. She also thought the captain was high class enough to be responsible. So she was judging the captain and it turned out she judged him wrong and because of trusting the wrong person, one person lost their
One example of the this theme is in the beginning of the book on page 29 Charlotte thought to herself “From his fine coat, from his tall beaver hat, from his glossy black boots, from his clean, chiseled countenance, from the dignified way he carried himself, I knew at once—without having to be told—that this must be Captain Jaggery. And he—I saw it in a glance—was a gentleman, the kind of man I was used to. A man to be trusted.” This proves the theme of the book is don’t judge a book by its cover because “...in a glance-was a gentlemen” she thinks automatically that he is a gentleman and is trusting because of the way he looks. Captain Jaggery is high class, and Charlotte was used to people like that so she thinks that is who she can trust. …show more content…
When Charlotte trusts him too much and tells him about the pistol and round robin he takes immediate action. Captain Jaggery killed the stowaway, Cranick, and abused Zachariah for extra punishment to the crew, but no real reason. This proves this book has a theme of don’t judge a book by its cover because Charlotte trusts the captain and tells him everything. This is because she thought the crew were liars and sketchy, so told on them to the captain. She also thought the captain was high class enough to be responsible. So she was judging the captain and it turned out she judged him wrong and because of trusting the wrong person, one person lost their