In the novel, “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle”, the most important turning point for Charlotte is when she climbs the Royal Yard. Although one could claim that another event in the story is the main turning point, there is plenty of evidence to support my claim. But first, allow me to explain why this event is the main turning point by explaining the events leading up to it.
The year is 1832. It is an early summer morning on the docks in England. 13 year-old Charlotte Doyle boards the Seahawk. She is wearing a white petticoat with matching gloves, like most high-class women did in that time. She is going on the long voyage from Liverpool, England, the place where she attended boarding school for several years, to Providence, Rhode Island, the place where she was born and lived for the first few years of her life. As she boards the ship, she is repulsed by the living conditions. There is bugs in the floors, her bedroom was so small she …show more content…
Charlotte Doyle a very proper, high-class woman, not only decided to befriend the crew members, but join the crew. She learns that Captain Jaggery, in actuality, is a very brutal, and untrustworthy man. In order to join the crew, she had to perform a very difficult task; climbing the Royal Yard. This yard is tallest yard on the ship, standing at more than 100 feet, and is attached horizontally to the main mast. As she climbed it, she became increasingly weaker. “And yet I had to climb. This was my restitution.” (pg. 115) Although the captain does try to convince Charlotte not to, she refused to take advice from a murderer.
From the above, we can easily draw the conclusion that Charlotte is nearly the opposite person from when she first went on the voyage. She turned from a proper woman to a person who works all day in ragged clothing and gets little sleep. She is also so close to the crew, she treats them like
The year is 1832. It is an early summer morning on the docks in England. 13 year-old Charlotte Doyle boards the Seahawk. She is wearing a white petticoat with matching gloves, like most high-class women did in that time. She is going on the long voyage from Liverpool, England, the place where she attended boarding school for several years, to Providence, Rhode Island, the place where she was born and lived for the first few years of her life. As she boards the ship, she is repulsed by the living conditions. There is bugs in the floors, her bedroom was so small she …show more content…
Charlotte Doyle a very proper, high-class woman, not only decided to befriend the crew members, but join the crew. She learns that Captain Jaggery, in actuality, is a very brutal, and untrustworthy man. In order to join the crew, she had to perform a very difficult task; climbing the Royal Yard. This yard is tallest yard on the ship, standing at more than 100 feet, and is attached horizontally to the main mast. As she climbed it, she became increasingly weaker. “And yet I had to climb. This was my restitution.” (pg. 115) Although the captain does try to convince Charlotte not to, she refused to take advice from a murderer.
From the above, we can easily draw the conclusion that Charlotte is nearly the opposite person from when she first went on the voyage. She turned from a proper woman to a person who works all day in ragged clothing and gets little sleep. She is also so close to the crew, she treats them like