The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle By AVI : winner of the Newberry Medal The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle By AVI : winner of the Newberry Medal

Topic: Task 3 : Attorney defending Charlotte to save her life! GUILTY OR INNOCENT ? ?? ? ? For sure innocent and I have my proofs! ? ? ?

Who is Charlotte Doyle ? Charlotte Doyle is a thirteen-year-old American lady that sailed on the American ship ‘’the Seahawk ’’ heading from England towards her beloved country, the States.

The Trial  I am going to be Miss Doyle’s personal attorney trying to save her life by proving her innocence in the following evidences against Captain Jaggery who is only accusing her of the murder of Mr. Samuel Hollybrass-the captain’s first mate- and of owning the very knife that killed Mr.Hollybrass.  Accused of murder, Charlotte is brought to trial to sit for the judgment of the Captain acting as judge in front of the crew and the second mate Keetch where her life is being decided. Either she will be hanged and proven guilty or she will go back to her life safely proven innocent!

Charlotte is innocent!  Zachariah gave Charlotte a knife claiming that she might need it, but she was refusing to take it. Then, taking the knife secretly, Charlotte hid it under the thin mattress of her bed. She left the dirk in her cabin before leaving the cabin and going to the forecastle.  Charlotte was even afraid to keep the knife with her, so how would she dare to kill Mr.Hollybrass?  When Charlotte first got the knife, she rushed to inform the Captain. How would she murder Mr. Hollybrass knowing that the Captain knows she has a knife and thus, he may accuse her guilty of committing the crime then her life may become in danger? Is Charlotte to that extent a risk taker or an idiot ?I don't think that she is an idiot and to that extent a risk taker! Do you think?

Why accuse Charlotte?  Charlotte rarely goes out of her cabin, and she doesn’t know really well Mr.Hollybrass. There was no direct contact between Charlotte and him, so this is a simple evidence why Charlotte is not the one who killed Mr.Hollybrass. Why shall she kill him for no reason?  No one other than the Captain and Zachariah knew that she has a knife. Every member of the crew knew that Charlotte didn’t kill Mr.Hollybrass, but was afraid to say the truth in front of Captain Jaggery.  The crew knows that the Captain killed Cranick and Zachariah, and they may think that he has killed Mr.Hollybrass and not Charlotte, but for the same reason they did not accuse the Captain because they were afraid that he kills them.

IN THE STORM  Charlotte didn’t have a knife to cut the rigging in the storm, so Captain Jaggery gave her one. She lost the knife when she was cutting the rigging. It fell. She has no more a knife, so how would she kill Mr.Hollybrass? In addition to this, Captain Jaggery accused her of owning the knife that killed Mr.Hollybrass!  Charlotte can no more return back if she wanted to her cabin because the captain deprived her of doing so since she chose to become a member of crew. Unfortunately, Charlotte stays without a dirk and can’t get one anymore if she wished to, so the captain should not accuse her of committing the crime since she owns no dirk anymore, and the he said that the crime was committed with a knife.

Why is Charlotte Innocent and not Guilty? Many of you readers will ask why I chose and insisted on Charlotte being innocent and not guilty. To start : 1)First, Captain Jaggery didn’t give us enough proofs on Charlotte being guilty, so for me Charlotte is innocent until Captain Jaggery provides us with stronger evidences that can convince me and everybody that she is the one who murdered Mr.Hollybrass. 2)Second, the Captain started saying that Charlotte has a knife, and that she was taught how to use it and that it is unnormal for a girl to be taught how to use a blade. This evidence is true, but did not convince me that Miss Doyle is guilty because this piece of information doesn’t prove anything except a fact that she knows how to use a knife! Furthermore, I think it is not wrong for a girl to know how to use a blade especially for Charlotte who is the only girl boarding on the Seahawk, so she needs to defend herself if she ever gets harmed, but it is not mentioned that Charlotte was harmed so that we can hint that she may have used the knife against someone; and that Mr.Hollybrass is the one who may have harmed her because he is dead, so she may have killed him to defend herself. 3)Third, Charlotte being a member of the crew is not related to the murder of Mr.Hollybrass, so what ? What does it change if she is a member of the crew? Charlotte proved herself worthy of being of a member the crew by climbing the royal rumble. She deserves what she chose to be and that has nothing to do with the murder of Mr.Hollybrass.

Verdict Don’t you think that after all these evidences I have proven Charlotte innocent and reached a verdict because my proofs are clear that form a strong defense for Miss Doyle. Captain Jaggery can’t find any proof that is stronger than these and that can put Charlotte’s life in danger of being hanged. Charlotte is innocent! I saved her life! Hurrah! Hurrah! Viva Miss Doyle! She is now safe. Guilty  Innocent!

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