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* NeverLearnedToRead: Alexander Smith, a foundling raised in an orphanage. Young teaches him to read on Pitcairn, and it is a part of Smith maturing into a leader of what is left of the community.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: ''Pitcairn's Island'' ends with Smith watching the ''Topaz'' sail away.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: ''Pitcairn's Island'' ends with Smith watching the ''Topaz'' sail away.
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* ImportantHaircut: After the death of [=McCoy=], Smith/Adams finally manages to stop drinking. He cuts off the beard he'd let grow as he lost himself to alcohol, and begins shaving regularly.
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* TranslationByVolume: How Alexander Smith communicated with the Tahitians.
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* TranslationByVolume: How Alexander Smith communicated with the Tahitians.locals on Tahiti.
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* ''Pitcairn's Island'' (1934) -- the arrival of the mutineers at Pitcairn Island, and their violent aftermath
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* ''Pitcairn's Island'' (1934) -- the arrival of the mutineers and their Tahitian companions at Pitcairn Island, and their violent aftermath
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Mary starts shrieking in panic after open warfare breaks out on Pitcairn, Prudence slaps her and says "Will you be silent?
-->The sharp blow, better than words could have done, quieted the terrified woman.
-->The sharp blow, better than words could have done, quieted the terrified woman.
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* DecapitationPresentation: After killing Martin and Mills, two of the more loathsome mutineers on Pitcairn, the Tahitian men wear their severed heads as trophies.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Byam says of Bligh that "there was no finer seaman and navigator afloat." The next book in the trilogy is all about Bligh pulling off one of the all-time great feats of seamanship and navigation.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Byam says of Bligh that "there was no finer seaman and navigator afloat." The next book in the trilogy is all about Bligh pulling off one of the all-time great feats of seamanship andnavigation.navigation.
** When the ''Bounty'' reaches Pitcairn Island, Christian promises the men that he won't be the boss so much anymore, and they can decide things by majority vote. Young tells him that this is a bad idea and that he should continue with more of a top-down management style. The whole majority vote idea unleashes an orgy of violence after the whites vote to enslave the Tahitians.
** Byam says of Bligh that "there was no finer seaman and navigator afloat." The next book in the trilogy is all about Bligh pulling off one of the all-time great feats of seamanship and
** When the ''Bounty'' reaches Pitcairn Island, Christian promises the men that he won't be the boss so much anymore, and they can decide things by majority vote. Young tells him that this is a bad idea and that he should continue with more of a top-down management style. The whole majority vote idea unleashes an orgy of violence after the whites vote to enslave the Tahitians.
