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Paulo Coelho once said, “We can never judge the lives of others because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.” This quote is very well shown in the book The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle. By Edward Irving Wortis / AVI. This quote is strongly shown in the theme don't judge a book by its cover which is even more shown in this book by this book by the main character Charlotte Doyle, in many ways.
One way that the theme, don't judge a book by its cover is revealed in the story The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle is on pages 19-20 by Charlet because she is doing the exact opposite by judging Zachariah and thinking that he would be this mean rough person that is below her it turns out that he actually wasn't he was actually so nice and kind they became good friends.
Another way that the theme ( Don't judge a book by its cover) is shown in the story The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle is on pages 85-87 where Charlotte made another judgment but this time it was life taking. On the pages 85-87 Charlotte discovered that the crew was planning on rebelling against the captain and taking over the ship Charlotte seeing that the captain was very her level and the crew was below her she made the decision to tell the captain …show more content…
This judgment was a bad judgment because if she had known that he was alive he could have had helped her in lots of

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