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Charlotte Doyle is a proper young lady and the daughter of a cotton manufacturer, and a student at the Barrington School for Better Girls. She is thirteen years old and she already has very proper behavior for nineteenth-century ladies and gentleman. Ladies drink tea and wear white gloves.

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Mr. Grummage is the man that took Charlotte to the Seahawk so that she could ride to America. He is a nice man but seems short tempered.

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Zachariah is the Seahawk's cook, surgeon, and only black man. Originally from Africa, he is around 50 years old and is the oldest on the ship, cannot read, and knows very little about Christianity. He's also Charlotte's closest ally on the Seahawk. Zachariah gives Charlotte the dirk for protection and sews for her a miniature set of sailor clothes.

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- Liverpool, England in 1832

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On June 16, 1832 Charlotte finds herself on the docks of Liverpool England accompanied by one of her father's associates, Mr. Grummage. Charlotte learns from Mr. Grummage that she's going to set sail on an American ship called the Seahawk run by a man named Captain Jaggery. The porter carrying Charlotte's trunk overhears Mr. Grummage mention Captain Jaggery and appears to be scared by the name. The man refuses to carry the trunk any farther and runs off. When the second porter attempts to carry the trunk, he sees the Seahawk, drops the trunk and runs out of there too. Mr. Grummage goes on board while Charlotte surveys the ship from the dock. While gazing at the ship, Charlotte sees a man shimmying up the mooring ropes from the dock to the Seahawk. Mr. Grummage returns to inform Charlotte that the two families who were to act as her guardians cannot come. Charlotte tells him her concerns over sailing the journey alone, but Mr. Grummage insists that she follow her parents' orders and board the ship.

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Charlotte and Mr. Grummage board the Seahawk and meet the second mate, a shifty-eyed man named Mr. Keetch. Since Captain Jaggery and the first mate are ashore, Mr. Keetch is the man in charge, and he strongly advises Charlotte not to take the ship to America. Mr. Grummage, however, believes Charlotte's only choice is to take the trip. Mr. Keetch leads Charlotte to her confined quarters. Barlow, one of the other sailors, knocks at Charlotte's door with her trunk. Yet another man knocks at her door, and this time it turns out to be Zachariah. Zachariah is the cook, surgeon, carpenter, preacher, and the ship's only black sailor. His voice is sweet and nice and he offers her tea. Over tea, Zachariah offers to be Charlotte's friend since the two have much in common. Despite Zachariah's politeness, Charlotte finds his suggestion improper and tells Zachariah she doesn't need a friend. Zachariah offers Charlotte a small knife called a dirk for her protection, but she refuses to take the weapon. Zachariah insists and makes her take the knife. Charlotte returns to her cabin where she puts the knife under her mattress. As Charlotte is drifting off, she overhears a bit of an interesting conversation between Mr. Keetch and an unidentified man. Keetch says that "the Doyle girl" is the only one he could get to come onto the boat. The other voice calls Charlotte "the trump" and claims that with her on board, "they" will not dare to move. Not understanding what she just heard, Charlotte falls fast asleep.

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Captain Jaggery is head of the Seahawk and is nothing but a gentleman.  For Charlotte, he symbolizes her safety on the ship. Charlotte trusts the captain implicitly. Every fiber in her being tells her that she should be on his side. She realizes that he is cruel and abusive.

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Mr. Hollybrass is the first mate on the Seahawk. He is a red-faced  man with powerful, broad shoulders. He gets murdered during the hurricane with a knife to his back. Charlotte is accused of the crime, tried for it, and found guilty. Later, we discover that Captain Jaggery actually committed the murder himself because Mr. Hollybrass threatened him.

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Mr. Keetch is the second mate on the Seahawk. He's nervous and fidgety and kind of gives Charlotte the creeps. Zachariah and Charlotte plot the second mutiny with Keetch, but they don't realize that old Keetch has actually been friends with the captain this whole time.

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Charlotte wakes up the next morning determined to leave the ship, however, when she reaches the deck she sees only sky and ocean. Mr. Hollybrass, the first mate, tells her they're now in the Irish Sea. Mr. Hollybrass rings the bell three times and all of the sailors appear on deck, followed by Captain Jaggery. Charlotte is impressed by the captain's appearance and assumes he is a trustworthy gentleman, much like her father. Captain Jaggery issues orders to the men to work hard and obey his commands. This is not a democracy, he declares. Captain Jaggery then gives them an extra issue of rum, and dismisses the crew. Captain Jaggery greets Charlotte with the politeness. She requests to be let off the boat, but he denies her request. He then promises her his protection and friendship, and invites her to tea in his cabin. Charlotte returns to her cabin where she turns sick. Zachariah tends to her and Captain Jaggery visits from time to time. In the midst of her fever, she sees a rat eating at her journal. She takes the dirk from underneath her mattress and throws the knife at the rat.

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Does the clothing somebody wears make them a good/bad person? Why or why not?

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Does the clothing somebody wears make them a good/bad person? Why or why not?

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No, it does not. Just because a person were to where what another person would consider “ugly” doesn’t make them any less of a good person. It could just mean they are poor and can’t afford nice clothing or that they have a strange taste in clothing.

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Charlotte wakes to find the dirk on the floor. She grabs the knife, hoping to return it to Zachariah, and heads for the deck. One of the sailors, Dillingham, sees the dirk in Charlotte's hand. The next time Charlotte looks around, he has left the deck. Charlotte heads for the galley where she finds Zachariah and offers him the dirk. He won't take it, but instead offers her tea and hard tack. Zachariah tell her that she has been asleep in her cabin for four days. As Charlotte eats, Zachariah tells her why he's so insistent upon her keeping the knife. On a previous trip, the captain beat a man called Mr. Cranick so badly that he lost his arm. The crew thinks Jaggery is a bad captain. Charlotte doesn't initially believe Zachariah's story, though she recognizes the name of Mr. Cranick from the roll call the first day on deck. Zachariah tells Charlotte that the same crew from the previous voyage is on board the ship because Captain Jaggery couldn't get any other sailors to work for him. Mr. Hollybrass, the first mate, appears suddenly and invites Charlotte to tea in Captain Jaggery's quarters.

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Do you think it would be a good idea to be friends with Zachariah? At the end of the chapter would you have gone to have tea with the captain?

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Do you think it would be a good idea to be friends with Zachariah? At the end of the chapter would you have gone to have tea with the captain?

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I think it would be good to be friends with Zachariah becasue he seems trustworthy and he seems like he has good intentions. Yes, I think by the endocrine the chapter Charlotte would have gone for tea with the Captain.

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Predict what will happen during Chapter 6.

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Predict what will happen during Chapter 6.

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I think that Charlotte will throw the dirk that Zachariah gave her in the ocean.

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Charlotte doesn't believe Zachariah's story and is outraged that he would tell her such things. The captain's quarters are stylish and  decorated with handsome furniture. Captain Jaggery is also finely dressed. His manners are impeccable. He tells her to read to the crew from her books and preach the gospel. Charlotte tells Captain Jaggery he reminds her of her father. They agree to be friends. He shows her his gun cabinet, and tells her that these are the only guns on the ship. The captain asks Charlotte to be his eyes and ears on the men. Charlotte shows Captain Jaggery the dirk and tells him that Mr. Grummage gave it to her. Charlotte tries to give the dirk to the captain, but he suggests that she keep it for her safety and protection.

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Predict what will happen during Chapter 7.

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Predict what will happen during Chapter 7.

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In chapter 7 I think that the mysterious head will be another crew member coming to talk to her. I think that she will pull out the dirk and try to protect herself from the mysterious head.

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Mr. Hollybrass takes Charlotte to Mr. Barlow, who's supposed to lead Charlotte to her trunk that's stored in the ship's top steerage. Charlotte and Mr. Barlow enter the ship's top cargo, and he takes her to her trunk. Mr. Barlow leaves Charlotte in the darkness of the top cargo to go through her things, and leaves his lit candle near the ladder for her. Charlotte, though alone, begins to feel someone watching her. Charlotte looks to the left and right and sees nothing. She finally turns around toward the ladder, and there she sees a grinning head with eyes staring at her. The candle goes out and all is dark.

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Charlotte reaches for the dirk which, thankfully, she has on her. She calls out into the darkness around her, but no one answers. Charlotte moves closer to the ladder, and she realizes that the grinning head is actually a face carved into wood. A little shocked, Charlotte begins to climb the ladder to get out of there, but realizes she has forgotten her books and clothes. She returns, fetches them, and finally climbs out of the hatch. Charlotte suspects Barlow planted the head but, then again, Barlow seems too nice to do something like that. That's when Charlotte realizes that there must have been a second person hiding. She thinks that she did, in fact, see two faces. The first one was a human's.The mystery proves too confusing for Charlotte, so she decides the candle must have been blown out by a draft and that the fake head was probably sitting there all along. Charlotte decides not to tell Captain Jaggery about the head since she doesn't want to seem like a silly schoolgirl. Charlotte wraps the knife in her handkerchief and puts it under her mattress.

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Charlotte settles into life on the boat. Each morning she wakes and prepares to present herself to Captain Jaggery on deck. Her clothes are by this point pretty filthy, so she puts one of her dresses away and saves it so at least it will be clean for the ship's landing in Providence. Charlotte also takes breakfast in the morning served by Zachariah. On Sundays, Charlotte reads to the men from the Bible. All of the guys also shave and wash their clothes on this day. Charlotte's bright point of the day is her daily 30-minute tea with Captain Jaggery where she reports to him about all the activities on the ship. To pass the time, Charlotte listens to the men's tales of faraway places and fantastic journeys. Charlotte begins climbing up into the rigging. She also becomes friends with Zachariah who's often the butt of the jokes by the crew, since he is the only black person on board. The sailors do, however, admire his cooking. Charlotte reveals some of Zachariah's history. First, turns out he's the oldest on board at 50, though Charlotte thinks he looks older. He doesn't know how to read or write. He knows nothing of Christianity. Zachariah gives Charlotte a pair of trousers and a shirt, a set of clothes that looks like the crew's clothing. Charlotte is offended at first, though she later tries on the clothes in her cabin. Feeling kind of weird about putting on the sailor suit, Charlotte writes an essay on the proper behavior for young women and reads it to Captain Jaggery at tea. All of a sudden the wind stops and the ship stands still in the sea. As the boat drifts along, Jaggery pushes the crew harder and harder. Charlotte warns him that the crew is growing tired of the treatment.

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He's Scottish, young, blond, handsome, and has a mermaid tattoo. He also has a sweetheart back home in Aberdeen whom he loves to talk about. It's Ewing's pistol and the round-robin that alerts Charlotte to the mutiny

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One afternoon, Charlotte is on the deck reading to Ewing, a young Scottish sailor. Ewing is patching an old canvas jacket when he accidentally snaps his needle. Charlotte offers to get him a new one from his box in the forecastle. At the forecastle door, Charlotte hears men discussing putting down "their marks". She hears them referre to her as "always spying". Knocking and entering the cabin, Charlotte sees three men in hammocks. Fisk, who opens the door, directs her to Ewing's chest. Going through it, she sees a pistol. Charlotte grabs a needle from the chest and starts to exit, but as she does, she stumbles over a chest and knocks a sheet of paper to the floor. There's a round-robin on it. Charlotte delivers the needle to Ewing and returns to her cabin. Charlotte does some quick math  and realizes she's seen one too many people. There should only be four people off the watch: Ewing, Morgan, Foley, and Fisk. Ewing was sewing on deck, and Fisk opened the door the forecastle. But there were three other men asleep in the hammocks. Two of them were Morgan and Foley. Who was the third man? The stowaway?  Charlotte decides to tell Captain Jaggery of what she has seen. She runs into Morgan on the deck and he is staring at her. She then sees Foley spying on her.  Charlotte is unnerved but, after some hesitating, goes directly to the captain's quarters. Charlotte tells Jaggery, and the first mate Mr. Hollybrass what she has seen. The captain tells Mr. Hollybrass to summon the crew to the deck so he can crush the mutiny.

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Captain Jaggery retrieves the key to the gun safe from the back of his daughter's portrait. He and Mr. Hollybrass arm themselves. Captain Jaggery forces Charlotte to follow him to the deck to confront the crew. The crew appears on deck they're whooping wildly and fully armed, all except for Zachariah. The crew sees Captain Jaggery and his muskets, and they freeze instantly. Charlotte notices an extra member among the crew; a man with one arm. That must be the stowaway. Yes, it's Mr. Cranick, the man who Jaggery abused on the last voyage. Jaggery immediately recognizes Cranick, and the two face off. Cranick pulls out a round-robin and declares Jaggery unfit to captain the ship. In turn, Captain Jaggery pulls out his gun and shoots Cranick in the chest.  With the crew in shock, Captain Jaggery is able to get them all to drop their weapons. Mr. Hollybrass collects the guns as well as the round-robin. The captain orders Zachariah to throw the body overboard without any Christian burial. Zachariah protests, so Jaggery orders Mr. Hollybrass to do so. He protests as well, but eventually does. Captain Jaggery demands that the second in command to Mr. Cranick be punished. When no one speaks, he asks Charlotte to pick someone. She merely shakes her head. Captain Jaggery, then, calls for Zachariah to take the punishment.

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The captain asks Zachariah if he has anything to say or if the crew has anything to say on Zachariah's behalf. None of the crew speak, but Zachariah defends himself in a speech in which he calls Jaggery the worst captain he has ever served under.Though it's clear that the crew hates Jaggery, they all remain silent. Mr. Hollybrass strings up Zachariah and pulls out a whip. Charlotte feels ill and attempts to leave, but Jaggery makes her witness the beating. The captain orders Mr. Hollybrass to give Zachariah fifty lashes. Charlotte cannot take the cruelty she is witnessing. She lunges at Mr. Hollybrass, grabs the whip, and gets to her feet. In defense of herself, she flicks the whip. It cuts Jaggery's face. Captain Jaggery grabs the whip from Charlotte and beats Zachariah mercilessly. He appears to be dead. The crewmembers cut down Zachariah's lifeless body and carry it to the forecastle. Charlotte throws up over the side of the ship. She is left alone.

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Charlotte returns to her cabin and cries. She blames herself for everything. Charlotte determines that, even though the captain's actions were mean, she must take responsibility and apologize to him for whipping his face. Charlotte finds Captain Jaggery in his cabin and apologizes for her interference. The captain is mad at Charlotte and he says Charlotte insulted him in front of the crew and deserves a whipping. He withdraws his protection of her. On the deck, Charlotte sees the crew gathered around a bulky canvas hammock. She assumes that it holds the body of Zachariah. The men conduct a kind of funeral and then heave the hammock into the ocean. Charlotte apologizes to the crew. Fisk advises her to go back to the captain. She declares her hatred for the captain, but they only stare at her. Heartbroken, Charlotte returns to her cabin and cries some more. A bell summons all hands on deck, and Charlotte sneaks up to observe what's going on. The captain is giving orders to the men: Fisk is to take Zachariah's place, Mr. Keetch is demoted from second mate, and Mr. Johnson will take Keetch's place. Charlotte makes her way to the galley where she finds Fisk and asks him about what happened on deck. Fisk tells her that the captain is trying to work them until they drop by requiring extra shifts. Charlotte offers to help with the workload, but Fisk scoffs and says that she is the "lady passenger". Charlotte returns to her cabin. She puts on the clothes that Zachariah had given her. Dressed in her trousers and blouse, Charlotte returns to the galley where she tells Fisk that she's come to lend a hand as one of the crew.

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Cranick is the man who stows away on the Seahawk because he wants revenge on Captain Jaggery. He has only one arm since, on the Seahawk's last trip, Captain Jaggery cut his arm off. Captain Jaggery shoots Cranick in the chest. Mr. Cranick's body is thrown overboard by Jaggery without a proper burial.

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Barlow is one of the members of the crew who warns Charlotte not to take the trip to America on the Seahawk. He also takes Charlotte to the top cargo when she saw the wood head

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Fisk is the member of the crew who takes Zachariah's place in the galley when Zachariah is thought to be dead. When Charlotte sees the listing for the Seahawk in the newspaper in Rhode Island, Fisk is listed as the new captain.

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Mr. Johnson is the only member of the crew who doesn't sign the round-robin. He's then made second mate after the mutiny.

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Who did Charlotte see? Do you think he’s real or a ghost?

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Who did Charlotte see? Do you think he’s real or a ghost?

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She saw Zachariah. I think it was real because she felt Zachariah help her from falling.

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Who do you think killed Mr. Hollybrass? Why?

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Who do you think killed Mr. Hollybrass? Why?

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I think Captain Jaggery did because I don’t think the crew or Zachariah did it.

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Fisk tells Charlotte to tell her request to the rest of the crew. The crew decides that if Charlotte can climb to the top of the royal yard, then she can sign on for duty. Fisk suggests Charlotte either go up the mast or use the ratlines as a ladder. Charlotte chooses the ratlines. Barlow wishes Charlotte luck and Ewing advises her to not look down or up. Charlotte proceeds to climb from the main yard to the topsail to the topgallant to the royal yard. With a little difficulty along the way, she finally reaches the top, utterly exhausted. Charlotte begins her way down.  At one point her foot slips and she falls, becoming tangled in the lines hanging downward. She's able to get back with the help of a rope. As she nears the deck, Barlow tells her to jump into his arms, but she's determined to do the whole climb by herself. Successfully reaching the bottom on her own, the crew cheers for Charlotte. She's filled with joy, when suddenly Captain Jaggery appears.

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The captain confronts Charlotte about her clothing and about climbing in the rigging. She tells him that she joined the crew. He orders her back to her cabin, but she doesn't. The captain tells Charlotte that he will drive her as hard as any other member of the crew. The captain orders Charlotte to take up residence in the forecastle with the rest of the crew. She is also entered into the books as "Mr. Doyle" rather than "Miss Doyle." As soon as the captain leaves, the crew cheers. Charlotte takes up her duties on the ship and works daily alongside the crew. The captain drives her just as hard as the men, if not harder. Charlotte keeps up with the pace but is always physically exhausted. Charlotte sleeps in the quarters with the men, and they swear a solemn oath to treat her as a brother. She's given a hammock in the corner around which a sail is drawn for privacy. Charlotte loves her new life and even begins to curse like the men. One afternoon the flying jib becomes entangled and Charlotte is forced by Captain Jaggery to climb out to the end of the bowsprit to cut the line. During the task, Charlotte falls, but is able to grab onto the bowsprit, her feet hanging above the sea. She pulls herself up and climbs back onto the deck. Charlotte calls the captain a coward and threatens to take him to the courts when they arrive in Providence. She spits by his boots. The captain turns and leaves the deck. Grimes gives Charlotte lessons in handling a knife. One day, Charlotte and Barlow see a blue bird from the Caribbean on a branch floating in the water. She thinks it means land, but Barlow tells her it means that there's a hurricane coming. Charlotte learns that the captain is driving the ship straight for the hurricane in the hopes that they can use the wind as momentum for the last of the journey.

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On the morning of Charlotte's forty-fifth day at sea, the hurricane strikes. Captain Jaggery commands that the ship sail through the storm. Captain Jaggery gives Charlotte the task of cutting down the foreyard sail so that it won't pull the mast down. Charlotte climbs into the rigging with the knife between her teeth. Her long hair gets in her way, so she stops and cuts it off with a knife. After much struggle, Charlotte reaches the top of the mast and begins cutting the ropes holding the sail. At one point, Charlotte slips, drops the knife, and is dangling from a great height. Charlotte loses the grip of one hand but right before she can fall, a figure appears and grabs her, yanking her back onto the spar. It's Zachariah. Charlotte hears an explosion as the foreyard rips away. When she looks back, Zachariah is gone. As the crew clears the deck, they find Mr. Hollybrass with a knife in his back. Charlotte recognizes the knife as the dirk Zachariah gave her. The captain approaches Mr. Hollybrass's body and takes something from the corpse's fingers. It is Charlotte's handkerchief. The captain orders the crew to take the body below, clear the deck, and man the pumps. Charlotte helps pump the water.

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Charlotte sleeps for fourteen hours and then wakes. She reflects upon seeing Zachariah in the rigging. When Charlotte hits the deck it's quiet. She notices that both watches of the crew are on deck. Charlotte asks Ewing and Keetch if they had forgotten to call her to the watch. They admit to her that they were told not to call her. The men keep calling Charlotte "Miss," much to her dismay, and eventually confess that the captain told everyone that Charlotte murdered Mr. Hollybrass to avenge Zachariah's death. Charlotte starts to say that she has seen Zachariah, but stops herself. The captain is claiming that Charlotte is guilty because the dirk used to kill Mr. Hollybrass was hers. Captain Jaggery charges Charlotte with the murder of Mr. Hollybrass and says that she'll stand trial that day before a jury of her peers. Captain Jaggery commands Barlow to take Charlotte to the brig. He leads her down the hatch, through top cargo, and into the hold. Barlow locks Charlotte into a cage of iron bars, taking his light with him.  Before he goes, Charlotte asks Barlow if he thinks she killed Mr. Hollybrass. He says he doesn't know. All alone, Charlotte reflects on the trial that's to take place. She then hears footsteps approaching. She calls out.  All of a sudden, a light appears, and Charlotte sees Zachariah again.

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Rising Action: events that lead up to the climax

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Rising Action: events that lead up to the climax

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1. She boards the Seahawk
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