True Confessions Of Charlotte Character Analysis

Arthur Carmazzi once said, “Every action we take impacts the lives of others around us, The question is: Are you aware of your impact?” Arthur Carmazzi once said these words, he is talking about how much of an impact someone can make on others and what you do affects the others. People may affect each other in many ways, but it is about being aware of your impact. In the novel True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi the theme shown throughout the book the actions you take affect everyone around you not just you. A time when Charlotte's actions affect others is when she decides to make herself get on the Seahawk. This affects the crew because they didn’t want any passengers on board the ship and tried and tried to warn Charlotte off but she didn’t leave. She couldn't leave because her father wanted her to be on this ship. That put the crew's plans on the voyage in jeopardy. In the text it states, “ But it’s my …show more content…
This affects everyone on the ship because Captain Jaggery kills Mr. Cranick and wants to make an example of someone by whipping them and chooses Zachariah because he is Charlotte's friend. Charlotte pulls the whip from Mr.Hollabrass’s hand and hits the captain with it when he is trying to take it back from her. When he takes it back, he has a big cut on his cheek and whips Zachariah even harder. After his wiping Zachariah dies and the crew is a man short so everyone has to work harder. The crew doesn't like her and the Captain dislikes her after what she did. Charlotte feels upset and wants to apologize to the crew and noticed that she still had the clothes Zachariah gave her and puts the on. She then goes to the crew and apologizes by joining the crew and helping with their work. The crew then she gains the crew's trust. These actions affect the crew because they have less work and they can trust Charlotte