I disagree with the way Captain Jaggery crushed the mutiny. He basically called the crew on deck, asked them about the round robin and threatened to kill them. When he found out that Cranick was a stowaway on board, he killed him and made Keetch throw him overboard. I am actually not sure what approach he should have used. I think there are 2 things he could have done that I would have done myself. 1: Kill all the members on the spot and throw them overboard. They were planning to overthrow him! They could plan to do it again if they wanted to! You won't get to land for another 2 months, so no one will find you for a while. 2. Every day, secretly kill one more person and throw him over board. Act as if you never did it. I'm sorry, but it's true. I wouldn't want pretty much my whole crew trying to kill me!
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Annie
5/15/2013 11:09:13 am
Actually, he made Hollybrass throw the body overboard, but I like how you really emphasized Captain Jaggery's reaction to the situation when you said "he basically called the crew on deck, asked them about the round robin and threatened to kill them." It makes people think about exactly what Jaggery did and the harshness and severity of his actions.
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RRSB
5/16/2013 10:23:24 am
I liked your points, Sherlock Holmes. I wouldn't want my crew overthrowing me either.
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MusicManiac44
5/14/2013 02:07:43 pm
I disagree with the way he crushed the mutiny. I do not think he should have approached the crew the way he did and then killed Cranick and then beat up Zachariah when he had not done anything at all. the approaches that I think he should have used are..
1) First of all he should not have brought any guns out because that just tells the crew he could kill them and should not have threatened them either on defending Cranick.
2) He could have asked why they wanted to go to war and maybe could not be so harsh on them and let them work without him threatening them all the time when they are doing a good job.
3) If he wanted to kill someone he should have just killed everyone so that he would know nobody else will try to kill or make the round robin again later on.
These are some things that I think Captain Jaggery should have tried but I am not sure if they would have really worked.
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Luno
5/15/2013 08:38:27 am
The way Mr Jaggery approached the situation by getting lots of guns and then having to shoot someone and end up scaring everyone to drop there weapons and choose a random victim to have 500 lashes which is very cruel and evil. He should have talked it out like civilized people but kept the guns on him for self protection cause of the crew someone obtaining guns and swords. Then if they could not come up with and agreement he should have just kicked them of the ship or yelled at them to get back to work and tell them who is captain around here.
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Annie
5/15/2013 09:25:19 am
I do not agree with the way Captain Jaggery crushes the mutiny because by killing Cranick, he probably just made the rest of the crew want to kill him even more. They would look at him and see the person who killed their leader, so they would create a secret plan to get rid of him for good. I would have to disagree with Sherlock Holmes and MusicMania 44 as I don't think he should have killed the whole crew as a replacement strategy. Running a whole ship by yourself, doing all of the jobs by yourself and being out at sea by yourself is not ideal. Even the crew needs two watches in order to run the ship and there are eleven of them. If Jaggery were to kill everyone, all he would have is Charlotte and possibly Mr. Hollybrass, if he spared his life, to help him maintain the ship. I think what he should have done was appear helpless. Walk out on the deck with no weapons and apologize for his actions. Promise to not work the crew as hard and maybe even step down as captain, assigning the position to Hollybrass while quietly telling Hollybrasss what to do. He shouldn't appear greater than them because that will just increase the crew's desire to kill him even more. He should sink to a level below them so they won't attempt mutiny.
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Sherlock Holmes
5/15/2013 11:15:43 am
I agree with you on this one Annie. When Captain Jaggery killed Cranick, the crew probably thought that one of them would be next, and they would overthrow or kill Captain Jaggery to prevent that from happening. Or, that possibly the crew would get infuriated and out of the blue attack and kill Captain Jaggery. Killing Cranick wasn't the best choice Captain Jaggery's made, but it had to be done.
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Talena
5/15/2013 10:03:26 am
I do not agree with the way the captain crushes the mutiny because the crew already hates him and now after his actions the crew will hate him even more. I would have used a different approach, I would have asked about the round robins and banned round robins. I would have also punished Cranick for not coming up on board when I asked him to.
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Sherlock Holmes
5/15/2013 11:19:01 am
I don't think banning round robins would have worked. If Captain Jaggery had banned round robins, the crew could make another one, and Captain Jaggery probably wouldn't even know. But, I do agree that I would have punished Cranick instead of killing him. With one more person on deck, means more work getting done, and that means they will get to America sooner.
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Taylorgomez143
5/15/2013 02:17:01 pm
Amazing points talena!
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RRSB
5/16/2013 10:21:19 am
I agree with you, Talena. Though banning round robin's probably wouldn't make a difference, because it's not like the crew were allowed to takeover but that didn't stop them. So unfortunately I don't think banning round robins would be much help.
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RRSB
5/16/2013 10:22:22 am
round robins*
Cookie Monster
5/15/2013 11:28:26 am
I completely disagree with the punishments Catain Jaggerry gave and the way he crushes the munity. First of all, I am completely against the puishment of taking someone's life. No matter how severe the crime or situation might be it will never be equal to someone entire life. Life is so..... mush more valuable and precious. The way Captain Jaggery kIlled Cranick was wrong. Second of all, I do not like the way Zachariah was punished for no reason. Yes , it does make sense that he is at fault because he is part of the crew , but he should not be punished for someone els's mistakes . Sometimes I just feel like Captain Jaggerry is a military chief or something. ITS HORRRIFYING! If I was in his place, I would have locked Cranick down in the jail for 2 days max. Then I would have asked him a bunch of questions to see if he realized what he did wrong. and for Zachariah..... wait I would not even punish hime at all. If I as the Captain, behaved more reasonable, realistic, respactable, fair and polite none of this would have even happend in the first place.
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RRSB
5/16/2013 10:24:46 am
I agree, Cookie Monster. The captain should have acted more maturely, but he didn't causing such awful things to happen.
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Chuck E. Muckle
5/15/2013 11:47:23 am
At the moment, that was probably the best way to stop the mutiny since the crew would have probably killed or tortured him no matter what he said or did because the crew is filled with hatred and planned this whole thing so why would they stop now, but in the long run that probably wasn't the best way. The reason I would say that is because he just reappeared his same mistake he did years ago with the same person!!!(killed Cranick and threatened others) and that didn't really go to we'll the first time since they came back for revenge now they are probably even mor infuriated and will come screaming for revenge eventually and soon murder Jaggery once they find a more full proof plan then the last time. So I would disagree to the way he crushed the mutiny where as he could have made a deal with the crew making everyone happy before he went and shot Cranick.
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Pandora
5/15/2013 01:07:55 pm
I'm in between because I agree because the crew shouldn't have even signed back on the Seahawk when they could've gone to another ship so its their fault how Captain Jaggery called the crew and told them what he found out. I disagree because like Sherlock Holmes they can kill you any day and most likely when you least expect it so think he should've stayed quite and just be on top guard and have weapons with him at all time so when it comes hes prepared.
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Roy(DB)
5/15/2013 01:39:49 pm
Personally I feel that he was correct in doing what he did because it made the rest of the crew scared which is good however they are planning a counter attack in which captain jiggery must react fast or something is going to happen.
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Cynthia
5/15/2013 01:42:38 pm
I find what the captain did cruel. He used Charlotte for the information and didn't really care what she thought about the trip, he dragged her on deck, told the crew what she told him putting her in danger, shot Mr. Cranick, wouldn't allow Zachariah to heal or help him, yelled at Charlotte to open the gate and made mr. Hollybrass throw the body over board. Charlotte was trying to do the right thing, but now the captains put her life in complete danger. He didn't even allow a proper ceremony for Mr.Cranick! If I were Charlotte I'd be terrified to be on that boat. It has a scary and cruel captain and a crew that will be out to get her. The captain could have had a proper discussion to solve the problem but he decided to use violence right away. I hope the crew will forgive Charlotte and find another way to take over the boat. Captain jaggery can't be the captain after what he's just done to a crew member.
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QWERTY
5/15/2013 02:03:44 pm
Many people are saying that what Jaggery did was cruel, but I disagree with you guys. The crew was planning an all-out charge to kill him, and he did what was necessary to protect himself, the first and second mate, and Charlotte. If I was in the same situation, I might have even done the same.
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Taylorgomez143
5/15/2013 02:32:54 pm
I felt that Captain Jaggery's way to crush the mutiny was alright. He shouldnt have killed anyone, but killing cranik did get the crew scared. I felt that at that moment, he needed to defend himself, he wanted to protect himself. Captain was probably freaking out, so he quickly thought of punishments to save him. (If i was him, i would be nice to the crew because i dont want them to hate me). I would have explained why i was strict and i would have apologized. Captain needed to not only protect himself, but charlotte and the boat. (Maybe if the boat was jn the crews possetion, they might have wrecked it and blamed it on Jaggery)
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$UPERMAN
5/15/2013 03:18:08 pm
I think Captain Jaggery's method of crushing the mutiny was the right thing to do. Now that he has shot Mr. Crannick, the rest of the crew is afraid of him and they will do the work appropriately now. if all he had done was talk to the crew, then they would not have been afraid of him which would result in them trying to overthrow the captain. so i think his method of killing Crannick was a good thing. now the crew will do the work properly and without any more messes hopefully.
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RRSB
5/16/2013 10:19:19 am
I think Captain Jaggery's idea of crush the mutiny was the wrong thing to do. He didn't realize that he just made things worse for himself. He shouldn't have killed Cranick, because that just made him look cold hearted and rotten. The crew probably wanted him dead for the awful deeds he had just done. Committing a murder was wrong, but giving a punishment would have been fine. The captain should have just gave the crew a warning, and then both, the captain and crew should have treated each other more politely. They all could have become friends and worked together, but I guess it was too much of a burden for the captain. Everyone could have gotten along very well, but unfortunately captain Jaggery is a man of evil.
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strawberrymiki (:
5/17/2013 01:40:50 pm
No, I do not agree with the way Captain Jaggery handled the situation with the crew members, because the crew members had originally threatened him for revenge and hatred, but what he did instead what make the crew members furious and hate him even more! He should have never killed Cranick, or hanged Zachariah. This would result in the crew members once again planning to kill the Captain in revenge for Cranick.
As evil and horrible as it sounds, if I were Captain Jaggery, I would hate the idea of having everybody my ship against me, and plotting to kill me, which I think is very scary to have death at every corner. So, the only solution that I think would be reasonable would be to use the crew members as much as possible and try to get as close to land as possible, and then either tire them to death (because of the labor) or just kill them one by one while they are sleeping. This way, I would not be in danger, and there would not be anybody plotting against me.