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Mr. Ropes
Mr. Jonathan Hodges, along with Mr. Ropes, owns the chandlery where Nat serves out his indentured apprenticeship as bookkeeper. Nat lives in Hodges’s house, and the kindly, generous man asks Nat to keep his room even after his indenture ends. He and Ropes eventually sell the business to Mr. Samuel Ward.
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Mr. Jonathan Hodges Character Timeline in Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Jonathan Hodges appears in Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: A Voice in the Night
...paperwork before clearing his throat. Father tells Nat that he’s been in conversation with Jonathan Hodges, co-owner of a Salem chandlery (the store that sells supplies for sea voyages). Hodges thinks...
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...must he work in the chandlery for nine years, but he must live with Mr. Hodges, too! Nat steals a glance at Mary’s worried face, then swallows his own tears and...
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Chapter 6: “Sail by Ash Breeze!”
At the end of the second month of instruction, Jonathan Hodges calls on Michael Walsh to bring Nat to his new home—a small, simple room in...
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Jonathan Hodges hands Nat a fat, blank notebook, which Nat eagerly accepts. Hodges promises him as many...
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Chapter 8: “Lock, Stock, and Bookkeeper”
...from President Washington, Hab returns from sea. Nat catches him up on family news. Mr. Hodges lets Nat go early to see the president’s parade, and as the brothers walk through...
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...from international trade. One day, when he’s 17, Nat overhears a rumor that Ropes and Hodges are selling the chandlery. Hope buoys him—he’s not too old to go to Harvard yet....
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Chapter 9: Anchor to Windward
...conversation with Mr. Ward, Nat closes the chandlery and returns to his room in Mr. Hodges’ home. Suddenly, he realizes that he’s about to lose this, too; an apprentice lives with...
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Chapter 10: Freedom
...freedom comes closer, his feeling of being lost and adrift intensifies, at least until Mr. Hodges slips a note under his door one morning, inviting him to stay in the house...
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