i chose to draw this because the devil is like making the ship go through many obstacles. The devil is like the anger of Jaggery.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
soo. english.
personal response...
my reaction to charlottes way of acting in chapters 9-15 was something along the lines of... WHAT IS SHE STUPID?!?! We don't live in a fairytail!! Not EVERYONE is going to make it out of this ALIVE!!! There is no 'and they lived happily ever after...' What do you think GUNS are for?!?!? The elegant craftminship?!?! Heck no thats what statues are for!! Guns = killing. And why does she think no one else is allowed to have a gun?!?! because the captain lets then take the guns whenever they wanted?!?! If THAT was the case, he'd be LONG DEAD. I mean if he was actually a GOOD captain, no one would think of shooting him down! Henceforth why none of them are allowed to have guns! Because Captain Jaggery is just THAT HORRIBLE. I mean if it was a family fight, sure, some dirty looks and some angry words, but hey, you have to hate someone ALOT to want to shoot them down. It's not "Hey give me back that teddy bear! I've got a gun right here and if you don't give me it back, YOU WON'T LIVE TO SEE A TOMORROW." Uh, no. It's got to be something more serious, more dangerous, more personal. And why does she think the crew would lie to her about what Captain Jaggery has done? Do they want anything from her? Do they necessarily think she'll earn them anything? Does she think that they care for a snotty, selfish, stupid girl that can't seem to open her eyes wide enough? No, they don't. So there is no reason that the crew would lie to her about Jaggery's past. It's not 'I'm jealous, why doesn't she like us more?!' I mean they're obviously trying to tell her something important!! I mean Charlotte is basically thinking 'if that dog is supposedly the most vicious, dangerous dog in the world, and it has a nice, fluffy brown coat and silky ears, they HEY, they must all be lying!! This is the sweetest dog in the world (and she goes to pet the dog and it bites her head off)' Which is basically what Captain Jaggery represents. Sure, he's got the broad shoulders, the fine clothes, the looks, but a murderer may have that too, (I just remembered HE'S a murderer, on second thought) and there's nothing that stops them from cutting off someone's head, broad shoulders or not. So I suppose you've figured out that I don't think her decisions are exactly.... wise? Yeah, actually the opposite. Try arrogant, blind, and lacking about a mountain of intelligence. Never mind that she went to school and had a governess. I don't think 'foolish' quite does it.
Evaluate and Connect...
I think the idiot Charlotte here (If you need evidence of how she's and idiot, please, look above. Oh, oh wait, you need textual evidence...) "'A rack of muskets. All loaded. But locked, the key secured. You have my word, Miss Doyle, there are no other guns aboard but mine." "I'm very glad, sir," I replied with a shiver." (pg 47) Everything is locked up for a reason. Sometimes so people won't steal it, and others to make sure whatever it is that's locked up is not used in the wrong way. So, why would Captain Jaggery lock up his guns? Because it's fun? Because he doesn't want a little boy accidentally coming in and shooting his himself? Well, considering this isn't day care camp and there are no little boys, it must be because he doesn't want anyone stealing the guns and using them. And there is no reason a crew member should shoot another. They barely have enough people as it is. It doesn't matter if you're a tad annoying. If you can work and do what you need to, then heck, welcome! So besides the crew... who else is there? Charlotte and Captain Jaggery. Since Charlotte hasn't done anything to put there lives in danger YET, then she's out. And who does that leave? Captain Jaggery. Which also explains why HE keeps the guns and not someone else. The victims need to protect themselves, like they say 'keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' Just like Captain Jaggery, who's enemies are the guns and the crew, keeps the guns and has Charlotte spy on the crew. I think Charlotte was trying to befriend the captain because he was something she was accustomed to aboard this ship as the only lady among a very manly and not very gentlemen like crew. "And he--I saw it in a glance--was a gentlemen, the kind of man I was used to. A man to be trusted. In short, an man to whom I could talk and upon whom I could reply" (pg 29) (Yes, I know, a person can be dumb, but THAT dumb?) Also, she thinks he is the only one that can match up to her status, who she can talk to and rely on simply because he's a captain and dresses nice. Never mind what's on the inside. "Never had I met with such impertinence! That this Zachariah, my inferior, a cook, should tell such a slanderous tale of violence and cruelty regarding Captain Jaggery to me--as though it were a confidence--was deeply mortifying." (42) She thinks she is higher than all of them, that there is apparently a social status on this ship, and after Captain Jaggery, she is just one step below, and under that, a BILLION steps below, she can almost see the crew standing there, looking up at her. And despite the fact that she is centuries younger and has not experienced half of what they have, just because she's got the nice clothes and the manners, somehow that makes her better than them. "Though I desired to make it clear that the crew and I were on different levels......" (pg 68)
Also, she can't accept herself as something other than what people expect her to be. "Later on, I admit--I tried the garments on, finding them surprisingly comfortable until, shocked, I remembered myself. Hurriedly, I took them off, resolving not to stoop so low again." (pg 70) Even though she herself admitted they were very comfortable, she couldn't bring herself to wear it because it was 'unlady-like'.
I think Charlotte's decision to join the crew was partly because she had no one else that would accept her, "...the crew would have nothing but loathing for me who had so betrayed them.....And Captain Jaggery? Without intending to hadn't I done him a great wrong when i'd cut his face--albeit unintentionally--with the whip?" (pg 103) and if she had to pick between the crew and Jaggery, obviously she'd pick the crew because she had something to make up to the them (when she betrayed them). "Yet I told myself i must accept my responsibility so as to prove to those men that it had been my head that was wrong, not my heart." (pg 111-112) Also, I think she felt she owed it to Zachariah. But in addition to that, I think she was trying to run away from the Captain, to distance herself from him and his evil ways. "'I want nothing to do with him! I hate him!" (pg 107)
Picture is at...
http://files.clustershot.com/files/photos/large/441606.jpg
I chose this because it represents a hurricane in a way. The middle is bright and shining, just like how in the eye of a hurricane all is calm and relaxed, but when you leave the eye the world as you know it is once again thrown into chaos and confusion, like Charlotte was during the storm. It was the first time she experienced anything like that, and the first time so much depended on her. Also, she had to put her life in such a dangerous position. Even though she climbed the mast before, she never climbed it in a storm and certainly never in a HURRICANE. Also, the picture kind of looks like lightning that is swirling around, like the fearful, paniced emotions in the people on the boat. Also, lightning is hard to predict, and when it comes, it's deadly and dangerous, like a hurricane. You never know just how strong it can be until you land in the middle of it.
my reaction to charlottes way of acting in chapters 9-15 was something along the lines of... WHAT IS SHE STUPID?!?! We don't live in a fairytail!! Not EVERYONE is going to make it out of this ALIVE!!! There is no 'and they lived happily ever after...' What do you think GUNS are for?!?!? The elegant craftminship?!?! Heck no thats what statues are for!! Guns = killing. And why does she think no one else is allowed to have a gun?!?! because the captain lets then take the guns whenever they wanted?!?! If THAT was the case, he'd be LONG DEAD. I mean if he was actually a GOOD captain, no one would think of shooting him down! Henceforth why none of them are allowed to have guns! Because Captain Jaggery is just THAT HORRIBLE. I mean if it was a family fight, sure, some dirty looks and some angry words, but hey, you have to hate someone ALOT to want to shoot them down. It's not "Hey give me back that teddy bear! I've got a gun right here and if you don't give me it back, YOU WON'T LIVE TO SEE A TOMORROW." Uh, no. It's got to be something more serious, more dangerous, more personal. And why does she think the crew would lie to her about what Captain Jaggery has done? Do they want anything from her? Do they necessarily think she'll earn them anything? Does she think that they care for a snotty, selfish, stupid girl that can't seem to open her eyes wide enough? No, they don't. So there is no reason that the crew would lie to her about Jaggery's past. It's not 'I'm jealous, why doesn't she like us more?!' I mean they're obviously trying to tell her something important!! I mean Charlotte is basically thinking 'if that dog is supposedly the most vicious, dangerous dog in the world, and it has a nice, fluffy brown coat and silky ears, they HEY, they must all be lying!! This is the sweetest dog in the world (and she goes to pet the dog and it bites her head off)' Which is basically what Captain Jaggery represents. Sure, he's got the broad shoulders, the fine clothes, the looks, but a murderer may have that too, (I just remembered HE'S a murderer, on second thought) and there's nothing that stops them from cutting off someone's head, broad shoulders or not. So I suppose you've figured out that I don't think her decisions are exactly.... wise? Yeah, actually the opposite. Try arrogant, blind, and lacking about a mountain of intelligence. Never mind that she went to school and had a governess. I don't think 'foolish' quite does it.
Evaluate and Connect...
I think the idiot Charlotte here (If you need evidence of how she's and idiot, please, look above. Oh, oh wait, you need textual evidence...) "'A rack of muskets. All loaded. But locked, the key secured. You have my word, Miss Doyle, there are no other guns aboard but mine." "I'm very glad, sir," I replied with a shiver." (pg 47) Everything is locked up for a reason. Sometimes so people won't steal it, and others to make sure whatever it is that's locked up is not used in the wrong way. So, why would Captain Jaggery lock up his guns? Because it's fun? Because he doesn't want a little boy accidentally coming in and shooting his himself? Well, considering this isn't day care camp and there are no little boys, it must be because he doesn't want anyone stealing the guns and using them. And there is no reason a crew member should shoot another. They barely have enough people as it is. It doesn't matter if you're a tad annoying. If you can work and do what you need to, then heck, welcome! So besides the crew... who else is there? Charlotte and Captain Jaggery. Since Charlotte hasn't done anything to put there lives in danger YET, then she's out. And who does that leave? Captain Jaggery. Which also explains why HE keeps the guns and not someone else. The victims need to protect themselves, like they say 'keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' Just like Captain Jaggery, who's enemies are the guns and the crew, keeps the guns and has Charlotte spy on the crew. I think Charlotte was trying to befriend the captain because he was something she was accustomed to aboard this ship as the only lady among a very manly and not very gentlemen like crew. "And he--I saw it in a glance--was a gentlemen, the kind of man I was used to. A man to be trusted. In short, an man to whom I could talk and upon whom I could reply" (pg 29) (Yes, I know, a person can be dumb, but THAT dumb?) Also, she thinks he is the only one that can match up to her status, who she can talk to and rely on simply because he's a captain and dresses nice. Never mind what's on the inside. "Never had I met with such impertinence! That this Zachariah, my inferior, a cook, should tell such a slanderous tale of violence and cruelty regarding Captain Jaggery to me--as though it were a confidence--was deeply mortifying." (42) She thinks she is higher than all of them, that there is apparently a social status on this ship, and after Captain Jaggery, she is just one step below, and under that, a BILLION steps below, she can almost see the crew standing there, looking up at her. And despite the fact that she is centuries younger and has not experienced half of what they have, just because she's got the nice clothes and the manners, somehow that makes her better than them. "Though I desired to make it clear that the crew and I were on different levels......" (pg 68)
Also, she can't accept herself as something other than what people expect her to be. "Later on, I admit--I tried the garments on, finding them surprisingly comfortable until, shocked, I remembered myself. Hurriedly, I took them off, resolving not to stoop so low again." (pg 70) Even though she herself admitted they were very comfortable, she couldn't bring herself to wear it because it was 'unlady-like'.
I think Charlotte's decision to join the crew was partly because she had no one else that would accept her, "...the crew would have nothing but loathing for me who had so betrayed them.....And Captain Jaggery? Without intending to hadn't I done him a great wrong when i'd cut his face--albeit unintentionally--with the whip?" (pg 103) and if she had to pick between the crew and Jaggery, obviously she'd pick the crew because she had something to make up to the them (when she betrayed them). "Yet I told myself i must accept my responsibility so as to prove to those men that it had been my head that was wrong, not my heart." (pg 111-112) Also, I think she felt she owed it to Zachariah. But in addition to that, I think she was trying to run away from the Captain, to distance herself from him and his evil ways. "'I want nothing to do with him! I hate him!" (pg 107)
Picture is at...
http://files.clustershot.com/files/photos/large/441606.jpg
I chose this because it represents a hurricane in a way. The middle is bright and shining, just like how in the eye of a hurricane all is calm and relaxed, but when you leave the eye the world as you know it is once again thrown into chaos and confusion, like Charlotte was during the storm. It was the first time she experienced anything like that, and the first time so much depended on her. Also, she had to put her life in such a dangerous position. Even though she climbed the mast before, she never climbed it in a storm and certainly never in a HURRICANE. Also, the picture kind of looks like lightning that is swirling around, like the fearful, paniced emotions in the people on the boat. Also, lightning is hard to predict, and when it comes, it's deadly and dangerous, like a hurricane. You never know just how strong it can be until you land in the middle of it.
english stuff
i chose this picture because it shows the ship is having trouble and the sea is not calm as well as most of the people on the ship in chapters 9-15. there is sunlight which means the storm in over as well as the conflicts on the ship will soon end.
Reaction- Charlotte is a tattletale. a little girl doing as shes told, following orders from a " gentleman". charlotte is foolish for revealing all of the crews sercrets when she, herslef didn't have the full information about the situation. for example, when she tells the capitan of ewing's pistol and the round robin. when capitan jaggery shoots and kills mr. cranick she does nothing to stop him. in the end when she decides to join the crew she shows the beginning of her transformation and logical self.
Evaluate- charlotte wants to be like an accessory on capitan jaggery, because she sees him as the powerful sun(pg 52). she feels as if she must obey him, like a fatherly figure (pg 46). since she is his informant she believes the capitan cares about her but all he wants is information. she pleads the capitan for forgiveness(pg 104), because she sees him as a source of protection and the only one on the ship she can relate to.
charlotte underwent a sudden change from capitan's informant to sailor in training. the crew doesnt believe her at first when she decides to join the men (pg 112). they say she is " a pretty girl" (pg 115). not only that but they think she is a traitor for the events she caused on the ship.
English Questions
I drew a picture of a baby pushing cubes off because the storm was destroying the ship pretty easily. When Charlotte was trying to cut the ropes off, instead of putting much effort into it, the storm kind of helped her. The baby is like the storm while the toy cube is like the ship.
Personal Response
In chapter 9-15, I had a weird reaction toward Charlotte. I thought her telling the Captain everything that was going on the ship was unwise, not only did it kill a crew member, but it also killed her only friend on the ship. I thought it was wise for her to join the crew and go against Captain Jaggery. When she rebelled against him, everything on the ship started becoming much better.
Evaluate and Connect
Charlotte tries to get along with Captain Jaggery, because he reminds her of her father (page 46). He reminds her of her father because the way his cabin is. Since she appreciates the cabin, it probably would mean that the room was considered royalty. She probably also tried to work along with Captain Jaggery, because Zacariah and the crew were her inferior(page 42). The crew was also considered Captain Jaggery's inferior. Since both Charlotte and Captain Jaggery have something in common, they have something to talk about. When people have something to talk about, they tend to become much closer to each other. They both agree that these sailors have no natural tenderness (page 46).
I thought that Charlotte's decision for joining the crew had its ups and downs. For example, when she at first joined the crew, they say that is a "pretty girl"( page 115). They didn't just call her a girl they called her a PRETTY girl. When they say pretty they probably meant that she couldn't do the crew's work since she would probably complain. The good thing of joining the crew was to annoy Captain Jaggery. Since she knew the real side of him, Charlotte managed to turn Captain Jaggery into a ghost with murder in his eyes. (page 136).
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Charlotte Doyle.
Personal Response
Honestly, I really admire Charlotte's behavior in Chapters 9-15. Even though she was very foolish and immature in the beginning, she didn't understand what was going on and who she should follow. She was like a lost puppy, in a crowded mall. Puzzled, Charlotte didn't know who to listen to and what to do, likewise a puppy trying to find their owners by following people that look like their owner. It is necessarily not her fault, she grew up in an environment where people made choices for her, and she had no responsibility. I thought it was foolish when Charlotte told Captain Jaggery about the pistol and the Round Robin. I think she should have stayed mutual and kept it as a secret until she found her place, and knew which side she was on. Although she was not thinking, and made foolish mistakes, I think she showed a good act of perseverence. She was simply trying to just please everyone, and a lot of the time she was in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Honestly, I really admire Charlotte's behavior in Chapters 9-15. Even though she was very foolish and immature in the beginning, she didn't understand what was going on and who she should follow. She was like a lost puppy, in a crowded mall. Puzzled, Charlotte didn't know who to listen to and what to do, likewise a puppy trying to find their owners by following people that look like their owner. It is necessarily not her fault, she grew up in an environment where people made choices for her, and she had no responsibility. I thought it was foolish when Charlotte told Captain Jaggery about the pistol and the Round Robin. I think she should have stayed mutual and kept it as a secret until she found her place, and knew which side she was on. Although she was not thinking, and made foolish mistakes, I think she showed a good act of perseverence. She was simply trying to just please everyone, and a lot of the time she was in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Evaluate and Connect
I think Charlotte decided to befriend Captain Jaggery after all that happened because in the generation, and the way of life she lived in, she was taught to trust gentlemen and lean on them more than anyone else. Captain Jaggery was a "gentleman, the kind of man I was used to. A man to be trusted. In short, a man whom i could talk and upon whom I could rely." [Pg. 29] Even when she hated him, and thought he was horrible, she felt that he was the only person she could fall back on. When people need help or advice, they look for, and is most comfortable with familiarity. Likewise, not a lot of people ask for advice from someone with a very different personality or outer appearance. They look for someone who looks like they can understand them the best. I honestly think it is not her fault, that she was not taught to think for herself, and do the right thing, but its also not an excuse. There are always firsts, and she should've been able to see for the first time that Captain Jaggery is NOT the person she thought he was, and that he is cruel and mean. I despise how she is so oblivious to that.
I think that Charlotte decided to join the crew, because she started to see that Captain Jaggery really wasn't who she thought he was, and that being a gentlewoman really wasn't worth anything when on a ship of life or death. She needed a way to prove herself, to show that she was actually worth something more than a girl who did nothing but sit wearing pretty dresses all day. In other words, she was trying to save herself from completely drowning from confusion and from being unsure about who was right and who was wrong. Having the opportunity to climb the Royal Yard in the storm was healthy for her, because she learned the power of perseverance, and the discomfort of hard work.
IMAGERY:
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Charlotte Doyle
PERSONAL RESPONSE:
When Charlotte tattled on Mr. Ewing and the whole crew (“I hurriedly gave him an account of my experiences in the top cargo as well as my conclusion that the ship carried a stowaway”), I do not think she knew of the consequences that would follow. This foolish act, committed in wanting to look better in the eyes of (Captain) Jaggery, only led to the murder of Cranick, the whipping of Zachariah, and the loss of trust amongst her and the crew members. The next foolish act was when she tried to stop Jaggery from whipping Zachariah. Not only did the black man get whipped even harder after, but Charlotte left a physical and emotional scar in the captain. Charlotte was also foolish at the end of Chapter 14 when she called Jaggery a coward and a fraud. All she did was anger him and make him want to get her into trouble even more.
On the brighter side, it was a wiser choice of Charlotte joining the crew instead of having no one on her side. Now that she passed the test, she is in a “family.” She at least has a few friends now.
EVALUATE AND CONNECT:
Charlotte tries to get along with the captain because she feels like he is the only person she can connect to and he is the only person on the ship that she feels, is sophisticated and on her level. At one point, she feels that her relationship with him is so strong and great that she says,“ Captain Jaggery was a brilliant sun and I, a Juno moon, basked in reflected glory."(Pg. 52)” However, her wanting and blind following of Jaggery is only natural, because he is a gentleman, and Charlotte has known only gentlemen in her life. I think Charlotte’s decision to join the crew is somewhat wise, for she now has the opportunity to gain back the respect she lost from the crew. Also, she has friends and companions on whom she can rely, which, she will later need in the future.
This image shows a forlorn image of a lake and the sky. The picture is symbolic of the dark and dangerous situation of the storm. However the sunlight in the mountains shows that there is hope far away that can be reached.
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