Personal Response:
My response to Charlotte's actions surprised me a bit. When she cut off her hair, it shows that she really cares about the ship and the crew members. A girl's hair is like her prize possession, so when she cuts it, it shows that she has grown stronger and has changed. When Charlotte was still in her lady-like form, she would have never thought of cutting her hair short. She would have never thought of climbing the royal garden or even cut the strings off from the mast. All her doings during chapter 9 thru 15 was very interesting for me. For instance, when she called Captain Jaggery a "coward and fraud," this shows her growing courage for standing up to Jaggery and saying what she believes. What she did was very wise because she knew nobody else in the crew would ever have the courage to stand up to Jaggery. Another thing is when Charlotte spits at Captain Jaggery's shoes, this shows that she is serious with joining the crew and being a gentlewoman. Doing all those actions show that she is serious about changing and being a letting her gentlewoman side of her show. What she did was foolish was when Charlotte tattled to Captain Jaggery about the pistol and the round robin in Mister Ewing’s trunk. Doing this shows her naïve side of Charlotte. This also shows that she doesn’t really respect the crew’s doings.

Evaluate and Connect
Charlotte tries to get friendly with the captain because the captain offered his protection from the crew. Also, she tries to get along with the captain because she knew the death of 2 people was caused by her. If she would have stopped the urge to open her mouth and tattle, the killing of Zachariah and Cranick would have never happened. On pg. 105 "..even at that moment all my thoughts were of finding some way to appease the captain and regain his favor," the quote means that she wants to have the "gentleman" protection of Jaggery. Also, when Jaggery says,"Let them take care of you...in anyway they want. I want to withdraw my protection...I want nothing to do with you. Nothing!" this shows that Charlotte is very judgmental of the crew and just wants the protection of Jaggery, a gentleman.
My opinion of Charlotte joining the crew, who now despise her, is that it is a very good thing that happened. Charlotte needs to learn a way to grow stronger both physically and emotionally. Before, Charlotte was very ladylike and very weak, she always wore her gloves to protect her hands. On pg. 116-117, her hands were like "bloody creamy," while Foley's hands were as "tough as leather." I also think that Charlotte joining the crew is a good thing because Charlotte was too ladylike before and she was too judgmental. Joining the crew will help Charlotte experience a new view of life.