Adventure, Cruel Love, and Determination

Authors note: This is to show my understanding of adding quotes from text and sentient fluency(witch I don't think i did good on at all)

What more could happen to these two teenagers?  In their short lives, one has been stranded on an island and sent to boarding school all while trying to maintain their relationship with one another.  In Under the Jolly Roger, the third book in the series by L.A. Meyer, Jacky travels to London to see Jamie resulting in a series of misunderstandings between the couple.  At the same time, London is at war with France and Jacky is kidnapped.  Adventure, determination, and cruel love are some of the common themes throughout the book.

Adventure is one of the things that Jacky Faber, the main character in this book, goes through. While on the ship, Jacky fought off french captains and their crews before taking their cargo. Jacky faced french spies that tried to kill her. Then there was the warning of mutiny from the crew to the captain”Hmmmmmmmm....the sound comes down from the rigging” humming is one of the few signs of mutiny. If the captain hurt her or made her lose her womanhood, the crew would make sure he paid the price for his actions.

Along with adventure, determination is another common theme featured within the book.  Jacky was determined to see Jaimy again.  Jacky travels all the way to London to find Jaimy. Upon arrival, she discovers that Jaimy’s mother doesn’t want Jacky to see him so she keeps pushing her away. This doesn’t stop Jacky though.  She dresses up like a jockey to get into a horse race for free to see Jaimy.  Jacky also shows determination by going through things she does not want to do so the people she cares about can do what they have to do. At one point, Jacky enters the officer’s quarters and encourages the officers to follow the captain’s orders even though they don’t want to.  She states,”If you try this, and I’m sure the men will be with you, all of you will have trouble to the end of your days because of it.  No, Sirs, I will not have that.... Now, go.  I can take care of myself.”  

Equally important is the idea of cruel love as seen in “Under the Jolly Roger”.  Jacky is in love with Jaimy and Jaimy is in love with Jacky, but Jaimy pretends to be going out with his cousin. Jacky saw it and did not know that the woman he was with was his cousin. Without hearing the true story, Jacky runs away because she thinks that Jaimy does not love her. Jacky desires to lose her virginity to someone she loves, but she almost loses it to someone who was going to use her for sport.  Lucky for her, he died before doing so. To make Jaimy mad and jealous just like he accidentally did to her, Jacky kissed Robin, a fellow midshipman on the Wolverine in front of Jaimy. “How does it feel, Jaimy?  Tell me, how does it feel?” thought Jacky while kissing Robin.  Jacky says she will never marry, but she is in love with two men, Jaimy and Robin, at the same time.  

Nothing is dull when it comes to the lives of Jacky and Jaimy. Especially with all the adventure, determination, and cruel love. Even though the third book is good so many people say that the fourth book is so much better.