| “If this boy is not to pay for his stupidity, then YOU shall—and doubly so.” | Reaction/effect: I was shocked when I read that Jakes uncle took up for him so that he would not be whipped. The effect of taking up for Jake also cost him his own life. Will was beat with the rope on his back and thrown overboard without any provisions. |
| “Why should we Americans pay taxes to an English king who cares nothing about us and gives us no say in the way our affairs are run?” | Effect: These pirates and may others don’t want to pay taxes so they avoid England and Jamaica ports where fees are charged. |
| “From them I learned my letters. This was my schooling.” | Inference: I’m going to assume that Jake is not from a wealthy family. His father was a doctor, but he did not partake in school. He learned from his two aunts his letters.Connection: We have also learned in class that pirates steal things to get wealthy. Why would Jake need to be on a pirate ship if his family had money? |
| “Every part of this ship has its own strange name” | What are these called?Answers: Front of the boat: fore, stem, or bows
Back of the boat: aft, abaft, stern, or astern Right side: starboard Left side-port(some call it larboard) |
| “Our captain grudgingly agreed to give them a barrel, for we had plenty, and we shortened sail, slowing the Greyhound so that their men could come aboard” | Are these pirates on the other ship going to raid the Greyhound, or are they simply getting water? |
| “Pirates like this couldn’t really be successful. But he looks like a pirate, doesn’t he? You know what pirates look like because you’ve seen them in movies and books, right? | Inference: I think that this statements means we are being mislead in books and movies when it comes to what pirates look like. In movies and books character traits are often exaggerated so that you get the main idea of what the character looks like. |
| Pirates & privateers-Whats is the difference? | Connections: We talked about this in class and learned about the letter of marque. The only difference is that privateers had a piece of paper allowing them to steal and they had to share their booty with the government. Pirates were working for themselves. I believe that if privateers weren’t working for the government they would still be pirates and raiding ships. |
| “Our captain grudgingly agreed to give them a barrel, for we had plenty, and we shortened sail, slowing the Greyhound so that their men could come aboard” | Answer: “At this signal, the ship’s hatches flew open and out rushed a swarm of the fiercest men I have ever seen”I knew it was too good to be true! Tricky pirates! |
| “I could see that the pirates had hauled down their Dutch flag, and hoisted a black flag with an hourglass and crossed swords on it” | Connections: Throughout our internet activity we learned that pirates trick other ships by placing the identical flag up so that they can get close enough to attack and then they put up their pirate flag at the last minuteInference-In the book the picture of the pirate flag is different, but does have a cross figure on it. When I think of pirate ships I think of skull crossbones, but this ship had crossed swords. |
| “The pirates take these rules most seriously, for they draw them up and agree to them amongst themselves” | Connections-I do think that these laws correlate to a democratic society seeing as how they voted amongst themselves. Every person had a voice to vote. These pirate laws also seem to have the “trickle down effect”. The captain gets a full share and all others have one share, so when the captain has a lot, so do the others. When laws are broken you will be punished(just as when civil laws are broken) |
| “Sailors slept in hanging cloth beds, hammocks, which rocked to and fro as the ship rolled” | Opinion-I could never imagine having to sleep in a hammock every night. I think it would be really uncomfortable and would rather sleep on the ships wood floors. |
| “The first flag was the red flag, called the jolie rouge in French(our “jolly roger” comes from this) | Connection: In class we read the not so Jolly Roger about Blackbeard. This makes more sense now because when a ship flies the jolie rouge flag they are offering officers and sailors to go free if they promise to pay a quarter of the next years taxes. If the red flag does not work, they then put up the black flag. This was the flag that meant. No more Mr. Nice guy. If the ship didn’t stop right then, they would kill everyone aboard.The book was referencing that Blackbeard was not a “Jolly Roger” kind of guy and took things to the extreme level with his ruthlessness. |
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