The Theme Of Trusting Others In Charlotte Doyle

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Joel Osteen once wrote , “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.”Charlotte Doyle’s actions lead her to not knowing who she can trust and letting other people not trust her. In the story Charlotte Doyle, by Avi, the theme of the novel is trusting others.

The first reason why the theme trusting others fits the book Charlotte Doyle is when Charlotte first meets Zachariah in chapter 2 on page 24. In that scene, Zachariah offers to be her “final friend” and he is looking past their differences. Charlotte doesn’t think that she can trust him, also she says that she doesn’t need a friend. This shows that she doesn’t care for trusting other people.

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