In The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, changes happen to people, to places, and to things. To everything, in fact! We might conclude, then, that the novel wants us to see that change is a part of life. Some are good, some are bad, and some is ugly. The advice I would give to Charlotte Doyle might be like whatever you do, keep the dirk. You never know when you might need it. You can't trust anybody with anything. Don't wander around places you don't know. And I think Charlotte should make a decoy hiding spot, even if she says it's there it will be somewhere else. I would tell Charlotte that she needs to spend more time with Zachariah, talk about what they like, where they came from etc. Not just make assumptions stating if he was her friend or not in a day. I would tell Charlotte to not judge people by appearances. She kind of judged Captain Jaggery by the way he had his hold set up. I would tell her to go back to the brig with a candle. Obviously, people don't want her there, so there must be something worth checking out.
