Pirate Diary and What if you Met a Pirate
February 17, 2010
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In reading these two books, I actually learned a lot! I guess the only real image of a pirate that I had was exactly what “What if you Met a Pirate” talked about. I invision a three cornered hat, gold earing, rings on all fingers, etc. While reading, I discovered that pirates actually usually wore a bandana, and they rarely wore rings on the ship, it was only while on land because the rings had potential of getting caught on something on the ship and ripping their fingers off! Gross! Also, in movies the pirate attacks are usually brutal, killing many people aboard the ship, when in actuality, it was better to get what you wanted without killing anyone. The best way to do this was a suprise attack, and in the case that this didn’t work, the next best way was to terrify sailors who had the treasure you wanted. In the Pirate Diary, they develop an Oath that everyone on board agreed upon and signed. Some of these rules include: “If any man shall steal anything in the company worth more than a piece of eight, he shall be marooned or shot,” ”A man that strikes another shall receive Moses’ law (39 lashes) on his bare back,” and “The Captain shall have one full share and a half in all prizes; the carpenter, boatswain, and gunner shall have one and a quarter. All others shall havfe one share.” These rules are taken very seriously, because they are made together and not signed unless everyone agrees upon them, so breaking them results in being cruelly punished. I think that these two books would be GREAT for students! Not only are they enjoyable, but they give us the REAL ways of pirates, not Hollywood’s version. I think that by knowing the truth about pirates, students will have a better understanding of how they acted, what they did, etc.
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Beth Frye |
February 22, 2010 at 6:39 pm
I am so pleased you learned so much information! So, do you think there was a sort of democracy aboard the pirate ships? I look forward to reading your DEDs.