Compare And Contrast Charlotte Doyle And Captain Jaggery

When one embarks on an adventure it can be expected to encounter many new and occasionally cruel people. When Charlotte Doyle boards the Seahawk to return to America she meets Captain Jaggery. In the true confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, Charlotte boards the Seahawk to return home from the Barrington school for better girls. On her voyage, she encounters the captain of the ship Andrew Jaggery, an upper-class gentleman. It is revealed that he is controlling and cruel, even killing members of his own crew. Upon Charlotte's return home to providence she is reacquainted with her father Mr. Doyle who she finds is more similar to Captain Jaggery than she thinks. He insults her rough look from her voyage, does not allow her to exit her bedroom,

It is shown that Charlotte's father and captain Jaggery share many traits. One of the ways Mr. Doyle and Captain Jaggery are that they both believe there is an order to life that should never be disturbed. An example of this is what Mr. Doyle states after reading Charlotte's journal of her adventures would be, “what you have written is rubbish of the worst taste. Stuff for penny dreadfuls! Beneath contempt. Justice, Charlotte, is poorly served when you speak ill of your betters such as poor captain Jaggery. More to the point Charlotte, your spelling is an absolute disgrace. Never have I seen such abominations. And the grammar . . . is beyond belief” (222)! The way in which this is stated shows how clearly set in his beliefs Mr. Doyle is. He without a doubt believes that Charlotte lied about everything that took place on the ship. Captain Jaggery demonstrates similar beliefs when he states, “ A girl who, all agree, is unnatural in every way she acts. Gentlemen, do

Doyle and Captain Jaggery is the fact that they are both easily aggravated. The text shows us how irritated Mr. Doyle could get when he states, “‘when I sent you to the Barrington school for better girls, I had been, reliably informed that it would provide you with an education content with your station of life, to say nothing of your expectations and ours for you. I was deceived. Somehow your teachers filled your mind with the most unfortunate capacity to invent the most outlandish, not to say unnatural tales’ ‘papa!’ i tried to cut in. ‘silence!’ he roared” (222). this interaction shows how enraged Mr. Doyle is by Charlotte's journal. When charlotte tries to cut in to explain herself he immediately interrupts yelling at her. In a similar manner, when Captain Jaggery finds that the crew is planning an uprising, “Captain Jaggery fired his musket. The roar was stupendous. the ball struck Crank square in the chest. With a cry of pain and mortal shock, he dropped his sword and stumbled backwards into the crowd. They were too stunned to catch him but instead leaped back so that Crank fell to the deck with a sickening thud. He began to groan and thrash about in dreadful agony. Blood pulsed from his chest and mouth in ghastly gushes” (92). this demonstrates the extreme overreaction that both Mr. Doyle and Captain Jaggery share. Another time where Mr. Doyle shows extreme anger was when he burned charlotte's journal after reading it, “I glanced