Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Exam on Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age (100 points)
Answer the following question in an interpretative essay. State your statement upfront and underline it; you are not required to write an introductory or concluding paragraph.
Then write three complete body paragraphs that substantiate your argument and include sufficient evidence from the book to prove your thesis. Remember, this is an essay exam: you are asked to present an argument about the book, not merely to summarize its content.
On the evening before his/her execution, a captured pirate is asked by a pastor to write a confession so that she/he can be absolved of her/his sins before dying. Defiantly, the pirate discusses the superiority of buccaneer societies instead.
How would this pirate justify his/her rejection of the Atlantic (European and colonial) world around him/her? What pirate values would she/he favor instead?
Paragraph 1: Explain one pirate value & the experience pirates had before becoming a buccaneer that made them appreciate this value using evidence from the book
Paragraph 2: Explain a second pirate value & the experience pirates had before becoming a buccaneer that made them appreciate this value using evidence from the book
Paragraph 3: Explain a third pirate value & the experience pirates had before becoming a buccaneer that made them appreciate this value using evidence from the book
