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February 23, 2010 cottrellvl

From the Book: Pirate Diary	What it means to me
p. 11 “I’ll make sure your belly is never empty if you learn me my letters.”	I think that this was really sweet of Abraham to want to help Jake out and make sure he is fed. I also think it is sweet that he wants Jake to help him learn his alphabet. This could be the start to a great friendship!
p. 17 “Knowing he risked the same punishment if he disobeyed, the poor seaman was forced to whip until his friend’s blood sprayed upon the deck. I turned away, but saw those behind me flinch each time the whip came down.”	I can’t even imagine having to do this to one of my friends! If I were in the situation, I honestly don’t know what I would do.
p. 19 “Stop! Spare the lad, Dan, for God’s sake.”…”If this boy is not to pay for his stupidity, they YOU shall-and doubly so.”	By Will taking Jake’s punishment on himself, and getting sent off to sea, this shows the ULTIMATE love in my eyes. Will put Jake before himself because Jake’s life was more important to him than his own.
p. 32 “Though we do not have a physician aboard there was no shortage of cures suggested.”	This reminds me of my grandmother. No matter what is wrong with me, she always has a home-remedy to fix it, and it actually always works! Sometimes homemade medicines are the best way : )

From the Book: What if you Met a Pirate?	What it means to me
p. 2 “You know what pirates look like because you’ve seen them in movies and books, right?”	Exactly! Before reading this book, the only image of a pirate I had was from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, or other pirate movies, but after reading this, I realize now that portrayal is not all accurate.
p. 20 “The real trick was to take a prize without getting a lot of people killed-your own pirates or the sailors on the prize.”	This passage really surprised me because I guess I always imagined pirates being savages, and killing anyone who got in the way of them getting their treasure. It is cool though that they really try not to kill.
p. 22 “Plunder, the stuff pirates stole, was not all silver and gold. Pirates took-or smuggled-anything they could find and anything that would sell.”	I never really thought about pirates stealing anything other than treasure, but I guess anything they could grab they could get money for.
p. 26 Blackbeard “When he attacked a ship, he threaded burning slow-fuse through his beard and hair to look even scarier.”	I think this is really funny that he did this to make himself look scarier (as if he needed that?!). I would never think to do something like this!