Charlotte And The Sailor Cliff Notes

In the beginning of the novel, we follow a young girl, Miss Charlotte Doyle, through the dock area of Liverpool, England. She is to travel on the ship Seahawk, a brig class ship. The reason for this traveling is to return home to Providence, Rhode Island, where her family lives. Charlotte has been attending a private school for a proper upbringing for a girl according to the time, which happens to be the year of 1832. Her porter, upon hearing the name of the ship, drops Charlotte’s belongings and runs away. Charlotte’s caretaker gets another porter, but upon seeing the ship, he too flees. As they board, the second mate, Mr. Keetch, warns Charlotte about the ship. She enters her room and goes to the galley with Zachariah, the cook for the ship. In the galley Zachariah procures an knife to help Charlotte
She meets Captain Andrew Jaggery and has tea with him, which becomes a regular occurrence in her daily routine. She connects with the sailors, and on an errand for Mr. Ewing, another Sailor. In Ewing’s chest in the forecastle, she discovers a gun and a round robin, a sign of mutiny. She sleeps with this knowledge, then goes to inform the captain about the mutiny. In his rage he removes one of his muskets from an iron safe, and shoots Cranick, a stowaway who was beaten by Jaggery so badly that his arm fell off. Cranick dies and is committed to the sea. Jaggery blames Zachariah for the mutiny and whips him horribly, so he dies. The next day, Zachariah is committed to the sea. Charlotte becomes one of the crew. Jaggery sails them into a hurricane, and Charlotte is saved by Zachariah. Mr. Hollybrass, the first mate, is murdered with Charlotte’s knife. Jaggery Accuses Charlotte and she is taken to the hold where she discovers Zachariah. Charlotte is pronounced Guilty. Zachariah and Charlotte discover Jaggery killed