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.
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