Classmates Presentation

I only had the joy of seeing one classmate's presentation, but i learned so much from it. He showed me that transitions mixed with effortless timing were a key part of any presentation. How to know the information isn't enough you need to know how to relay the information without reading words off a screen, and this im sure worked wonders for him. I couldn't fathom anything about his presentation being bad which is probably why i begged to see his to begin with aside from this post. Although im sure his presentation was great i felt my presentation was just as good if not better.

What I learned in Pirate School is

This was experience was as unsettling as being a prisoner on a pirate ship.I wrote on what makes a person a pirate. I deduced that a person only becomes a pirate either because they're greedy or desperate. I reinforced this by paralleling vikings to golden age day pirates and shining a light on what started modern day piracy. In the beginning I was torn between three topics but abruptly chose one so i could turn in the making a claim worksheet. After tearing my brain apart piece by piece to choose between the three i just couldn't. So i did what any stressed college student juggling two much would do, I did what i thought was the easiest. I started writing on all three topics and tried to see which would sway my attention the most. That is the part of this project i regret the most and wish i could've changed because this did nothing more than waste time, effort, words, and attention. In the end i learned that piracy today is nothing like it's ancestors and i was interested in how truly terrible the conditions of people is in modern day Somalia.
     

What Makes A Pirate?

What turns a person into a pirate? What circumstances cause an individual to turn to the skull and bones flag with a backdrop as black as the situation that first bore light? An ancient Grecian proverb states that, “where there is a sea there are pirates”, and from the moment man discovered that wood could float the seeds of piracy were implanted in the human psyche. Documented piracy dates back as far as the Vikings of the 8th Century, but the “Golden Age” of piracy is considered to be from the 1650s-1730s. The lifestyle of a pirate from its origins is that of a gruesome life filled with murder, treason, and uncertainty; and this form of existence is not for an ordinary person. The individuals who are extraordinary in one of two ways become pirates: those who are either extraordinarily greedy or extraordinarily desperate. This means any individual who willingly succumbs to this life either drunk with greed or has nowhere else to turn. This is essentially what my paper will be about and how it will be structured. I believe the hardest part of my paper will be how i show that a normal person doesn't be come a pirate and in turn say what isn't normal.

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/pirate-life/

Extra Credit Black Beard

What do you know of Black Beard? Well in my research the legend of this man is not as embellished as many others in his line of work. He indeed was a live and die at sea style of pirate. He was described as "looking like the devil" in his battles he often fought, or simply showed himself, wearing a big feathered tricorn, and having multiple swords, knives, and pistols at his disposal. It was reported in the "General History of the Pirates" that he had hemp and lighted matches woven into his enormous black beard during battle. This man also was alleged to have about 14 wives. This piece is in my opinion the lost gem of his legacy. In more recent new it was confirmed that his ship the Queen Anne's Revenge was found on the coast of North Carolina. The findings of Apothecary weights stamped with tiny fleurs-de-lis and tiny bells all pointed to the later official idea that the shipwreck was that of Blackbeard's ship. This man lived a life of a thousand men and if the saying a famous man never dies has any validity then Blackbeard surely is with me now as I write this until next time you scallywags. 

BTW this is Blackbeard from the Anime One Piece he was one of the fiercest pirate Lords

https://www.amherst.edu/users/U/dullian08/node/20554 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110829-blackbeard-shipwreck-pirates-archaeology-science/








 

Punishing a Pirate

Would you put a pirate in time out? Or what about raising your voice that would surely calm the fiery passions of a grown man whose career choice is that of taking over merchant and government ships at the price of a few members of the ship brutally murdered. I've said that to say the punishment of an individual who lives this lifestyle should instil a common fear in a group of men whose resume includes murder. Acts like Keelhauling or Marooning would deter even the toughest pirates from turning against their respective captains and the reminders of those who dared try is the irremovable blood stains at the front of the ship or in the bellies of any creature lucky enough to be underneath a ship at the time.




















http://www.pirateshowcancun.com/blog/jolly-pirate-speak/top-7-pirate-punishments-no-7-will-make-you-squirm/

Plight of a Prisoner

Dear Elizabeth,

Hello Wife I'm writing this from the comfort of a warm port cottage to which feels like a plantation bed in comparison to where I was earlier in the month. On my travel to the Caribbean my ship was ambushed by a pirate ship that lead to me believing I may never see your rosy cheeks and beautiful smile again. After ridding the ship of any valuables and killing a good amount of my men these barbarians took myself and a few others prisoner. While being slung onto the ship I was surprised to see a women amongst these savages; though she hid it well her large breasts made it hard for any disguise to suffice. I, thinking she would be the kindest of the bunch, plead to her speaking of you Jason and Sarah that I needed to make it back to you. She laughed in my face her eyes were cold and mirrored the thousand mile stare of a man whose soul had left. After staining my nose with her rancid breath turned to the Captain and asked, "Should I shoot this pathetic piece of shit now Calico" to which he replied "Save your gunpowder" never have a felt so insignificant than that moment. This women for the rest of the trip attempted time and time again to compel the captain to just kill us rather than risk us being rescued and turning against them. I prayed everyday I would be able to see you again and my prayers where answered. We were saved by a royal warship and that retched women was later identified to me as Anne Bonny and the Calico whom was Captain was allegedly her lover. Of all the torture I endured at the hands of these Neanderthals I wouldn't wish the hell of being the handler of that woman on my worst enemy.   















http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/anne-bonny/

Henry Morgan

The legend of Henry Morgan. Indeed it is true that many men lead a larger than life existence, but Henry Morgan's life in many accounts was much grander in text than it was in reality. Henry Morgan is painted in many accounts as a famous swasbuckling pirate whose outlaw ways made him an enemy of all government officials in the Carribean. While in fact Morgan was a buccaneer and captain of a English supported and reckognized vessel. He may have been a cruel man, he may have been an ambitious man, He may have been a swasbuckling man, but a man hated by all governments he was not. In fact he was given several comindations from the British government.He was knighted in 1674 and was awarded the position of the Lieutenant Governor position in Jamaica in 1675. He also didn't go out in a ball of hellfire like other pirates at his death it was said that, "almost no buccaneers in the Caribbean were active." Although his glory is solidified his history from source to source is can be as sinister looking as ---------> that Henry Morgan or as  gentle and noble as Morgan below
















http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-buccaneers/henry-morgan/

True Pirates

  Cultural critic and essayist Walter Benjamin said, "History is written by the victors”, and the tale of  "exploration and discovery" is an example of history being written by the triumphant.Although what explorers such as  Columbus, Drake, and Morgan did was described as leading voyages of grand discovery where the "new lands" and "new resources" were found, loaded on ships, and brought back to the discoverer's land, instead these resources and lands were spoils of war. In the process, many Natives were deceived and murdered for shiny rocks and salty fish. Columbus, Drake, and Morgan and others like them resorted to unspeakable acts of violence, cruelty, and brutal behavior that mirrored the acts condemned shortly after as pirating.Columbus enslaved natives, forced conversion to Christianity, and stole the natives' islands and possessions. So in hindsight although what a history book calls discovery is actually pirating and who they called voyagers were actually pirates.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kasum/columbus-day-a-bad-idea_b_742708.html

Edward Teach

Fact meets fiction or rather UBF meets B&P. In the most cliché of ways these two text that are different in so many ways are the perfect match. In the most spectacular examples of art imitating life the examples of what a pirate was and is wasn't all wrong. There was a Black Beard ,pirates did outrun the governing forces that hunted them, and there were politicians that with a couple pieces of gold would turn their heads to the wanted men.... and women. Although the musicals, hooked hands, and peter pans seemed to tone down what being a pirate truly was and some examples like Pirates of the Caribbean even romanticize it pirating was a dark path to walk. The legend of Black Beard for example painted him as a fearless, hooked hand, swashbuckling man who outsmarted or out fought all those in his way. While this is true of Edward Teach the narrative leaves out how he set fire to his notorious beard to intimidate his enemies. How a sizeable amount of his time as a pirate wasn't spent looting or singing, but hiding and the most important part of all that his fairytale life didn't have a fairytale ending. Edward met his bloody end. English accent pun intended, to the hand of the british navy in North Carolina where he'd been paying to be allowed to stay. Although he may have had the Johnny Depp style life in the beginning he never sailed of into the open sea to a free life of leisure with his black pearl he bled out on a water deck on th Queen Anne's Revenge.
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blackbeard-killed-off-north-carolina