...[Company name] | Essay 2 | The Trial of William Kidd | Jessica Sweazea 11-11-2015 | A scandalous conspiracy created by England for increased continuous revenue or a fair trial sending a guilty man to the gallows? Death as a victory of law or a demise of democracy at sea? The trial of William Kidd is an important and controversial topic of discussion for historians and students studying piracy. Whether or not William Kidd’s trial was manufactured to tarnish Kidd’s name and make an example of him is an important part of piratical history. The story of Kidd’s trial illustrates how the world of western piracy came to an end and how government handled piratical activities. Rediker describes pirates as uncivilized beings, drunks, thieves, madmen, and even almost unhuman like. In chapter eight, he wrote “the pirates were full of madness and rage” yet later in the passage Rediker later contradicts himself and also continued to state how humorous and knowledgeable the pirates were. These pirates were seen as outlaws, interrupting intercolonial trade, and a threat against principles of property, individuals, society, and nations. Many mariners were accused of piracy which is a crime against property by theft or destruction, causing Great Britain to take action. In 1699, Great Britain created the English Acts of Piracy. This began the trials for pirates throughout the English dominium. After, came the Proclamation for Suppressing Piracy in 1717 followed by another proclamation...
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...Starting his life as a privateer, having the transition into becoming a profoundly known pirate, his execution, and the search for his treasure made Captain William Kidd world famous pirate. Although his childhood was unorganized he became what many people dream of becoming, famous. His journey of working against the pirates to working alongside with the pirates, Captain Kidd’s life is one worthy of knowing. Born the son of a Presbyterian Minister in Dundee around the time period 1654 Captain William Kidd began his life. Although there are not many records on Kidd’s childhood and his origin, many people find it mysterious about how a minister’s son became a privateer and later on a pirate. Many cannot confirm the age or location of Kidd,...
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...to make the right decisions when experiencing such a horrible occurrence. Sue Monk Kidd, the author of The Secret Life of Bees delved deep into the core of such choices. The internal and external struggles that both characters face creates the mold for the theme, and their actions fill the empty spaces. Though the author expressed the theme through the development of multiple characters, Lily and T. Ray clearly display her vision of conflict, human condition, and the light and dark sides of an individual locked away in their hearts. Sue Monk Kidd expresses the ongoing external conflict shared between Lily and T. Ray as the death of Deborah. Although the two...
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...authorities were on the hunt. Kidd was now a wanted criminal; his crime was piracy. Kidd became aware of the issue and thought it best to rid himself of the merchants’ ship that he had been using in lieu of his own beaten one. Before abandoning the ships he renamed the merchant ship “Adventure Prize”, which suited the stolen ship quite well. He found himself in Madagascar, where he came in contact with real pirates. Kidd did not try to fight these pirates, but thought it best to peacefully introduce himself ("William"). Due to...
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...David Cordingly, an engaging, self-exclaimed pirate expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the fantasized heroes of today’s popular culture, but ruthless thieves, murderers, and lawbreakers. Famous pirates from widely known as well as unfamiliar stories are depicted. The legends and histories of Sir Francis Drake, Harry Morgan, Edward Teach or Blackbeard and Captain Kidd are included to pay dues to these most popularly known buccaneers’ adventurous tales. I observed throughout his book that although some of the stories are quite fantastic, David Cordingly stressed that the life of pirates and buccaneers during the 16th and 17th centuries was not as dazzling and romanticized as popular culture would...
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...In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, August Boatwright functions as a mother figure for Lily Owens because she is dependable and wise. August is dependable because she is creating a considerable environment for Lily. Lily explains, “I love this place with my whole heart” (Kidd 225). When Lily refers to “this place”, she means the pink house, where August, May, and June live. Lily is obviously comfortable in the pink house and loves the people in it too. August is also dependable because Lily trusts her enough to tell her the truth about herself. Even though August knows Lily is lying, she pines for Lily to become comfortable around August, May, and June so she will feel content. August is wise because she knows there is something wrong...
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... Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a defining work of pirate literature, providing the classic and immortal image of pirates that today’s culture still identifies with the historical privateers and buccaneers. Stevenson’s image of a pirate depends deeply on the cultural and historical image of the ocean as an unknown world between worlds, which creates a unique image for the men (and women) who were able to successfully, both economically and physically, conquer the sea. Alain Corbin, in his book The Lure of the Sea, makes the point that the classic image of the pirate is both reflective of, and influenced by, the literary image of the ocean itself. Corbin writes, “As this well-known model was reiterated, it reinforced the image of the terrible sea: a road without a road, on which man drifts in the hands of the gods, under the permanent threat of hostile water…” (11). Rather than one directly affecting the other, Corbin presents a symbiotic relationship, perpetuated by the stories and literature of the time. In the passage above, Stevenson focuses particularly on the importance of stories in building a pirate character, specifically Billy Bones. Stevenson starts, “[Bones’] stories were what frightened people worst of all. Dreadful stories they were--about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.” Basically, the popular stories of piracy play on faraway lands, usually places most people...
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...Quon McCoy Merriam Webster’s definition of the word Pirate is “someone who attacks and steals from a ship at sea.” This infers that for as long as there have been ships and boats of the like there have been other ships stealing, pillaging, and burning honest workers. The first recorded pirate was Anicetus who rebelled against the Roman Empire in 69 AD. And since the fall of the Roman Empire didn’t occur until the 400’s it’s safe to say he wasn’t all that successful at rebelling. Ever since then the reports of pirates began to raise. Up until the Golden Age of Piracy during the late 1600’s to the early 1700’s pirates were getting more and more bold and common. Today, pirates work on a different medium. Digital pirates steal anything that could be of use to them, re-upload the files, and then let others download it. These pirated files may also have a couple of extra files within the whole that can steal someone’s information, turn the computer into a bot, be a nuisance to the user by constantly popping up ads, or completely breaking the computer so that it can’t be used again, forcing the user to buy a new computer perhaps learning it’s better to just buy a real version rather than risking it to save a couple bucks. Well, if pirating is such a big issue, why, then, hasn’t it been eradicated? Surely you can IP ban people who have been caught from certain places like Steam or you could slap a huge fine and some time in prison after getting caught, but why is piracy an indomitable...
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...Yes, especially since I cannot find anything resembling the chests of gold among them, maybe they've buried it somewhere in the forest, hmm. With how much of a filthy mess this camp of theirs is in, I cannot tell where they've buried it. At least the chests are indestructible, so nothing will possibly break them open. Without the keys I made there is no way those plebs are going to open them. Still, it's my gold, mine! I was to send it off to finance the expedition of my fellows to the east, friends from home who, like me, have become oh so much more, godly beings of their own realm. There is no way I shall allow myself to be cock-blocked by Fredrick and his malnourished peons! Still, I remind myself, the gold isn't going anywhere, baring the rise of the sun, I have nothing to lose by picking these cretins apart, he-he-he. Now, who shall I use as bait, suppose any of them needing to defecate will do, surely with how many of them are in the camp someone will have to break away. In the meantime, I wait patiently as a wolf in the brushes, fangs wet and thirsting for blood! Yes, as a wolf would I'll use this time to take note of anything useful before I strike. Hmm, he-he-he, for all the cunning of these lowly peasants, for all the provisions they put in place to elude me, they've made quite the critical error! Yes, yes, that indeed will be more entertaining to exploit this than simply putting the camp to the torch while they sleep. I hear the beating of their hearts; peasant...
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...“ The love between a mother and daughter relationship is forever.” This is true for someone, but for others not so much. In The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, Handful mom has a huge impact on Handful in a good way. Handfuls mom cares for your daughter. Sarahs mom on the other hand, is not a good inspiration to Sarah. Handful and Sarah’s relationships with their mothers influence their characters as an adult woman. As a child, children learn skills from there parents. They watch and listen to how their parents are handling things, and what they are teaching them. In the nineteenth century learning and following rules made by your mother was crucial. One things that was taught was not to read book for fun. Sarah was that little girl...
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...The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd is a historical fiction novel set in the early 1800s. It revolves the life of Sarah Grimké, a white girl born into an aristocratic family in Charleston, South Carolina, and her black maid Hetty. The story starts in November of 1803, when Sarah’s mother gave the 10 year old slave Hetty to Sarah as her 11th birthday present. That day marked the start of Hetty’s lifelong struggle to break free from slavery and Sarah’s battle against slavery. In the deep south where slavery has been the way of life for decades, they faced isolation, betray, death threats, and other obstacles along their journey. Most of the descriptions about the Grimké family and Sarah’s speeches were accurate. The author based a significant portion of the story on her research on letters, speeches, newspaper articles, and Sarah’s own writing. This book gives the readers an insight into the pre-Civil War American South....
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...Varnish. Thinners. Paints. Tin. Flexible Packaging. We are Treasure Island Industrial Corporation (TIIC) and we are here to stay. A Cebu-based manufacturing conglomerate founded in the 1950’s, Treasure Island is an established manufacturing company providing construction chemicals and paints. Globally competitive and trusted in the way we do business, Treasure Island exists with this goal in mind: To provide customers with exceptional service and quality products that have the best value for money. Commercial buildings and homes proudly stand stamped with the quality only Treasure Island can bring. From 30 sq. meter studios to breathtaking skyscrapers, Treasure Island has long been a passionately committed partner in this dynamic construction industry and has become a household name in construction needs across the country. Fulfilling the demands of this ever-growing industry, Treasure Island went into the production of quality house and automotive paints aptly named Island Paints. Thinking and acting one step ahead of the competition, we are also the recognized partner of international label, Transocean Marine Paints, distributing specially-formulated paints for ocean-faring ships and other marine craft. Treasure Island ventured into manufacturing another growing market need: styrofoam boxes. Hence, together with an industrial partner, Treasure Island created Styropack Industrial Corp, a subsidiary existing solely for manufacturing styrofoam products. Thus, Styropack Industrial...
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...weighs only about sixty milligrams; nevertheless, she can fly with a load heavier than herself " (Kidd 257). Sue Monk Kidd constructs a book, The Secret Life of Bees, to tell the story of a girl named Lily Owens. Lily struggles with the weight of her mother's death on her shoulders and how she may have been at fault. Her home is corrupt with a father who does not treat her right. In search of answers about her mother, Lily runs off with her caretaker, Rosaleen, to answer those questions. She finds herself in a setting in South Carolina, with a group of tight knit sisters. Towards the end of Lily's journey, the answers of her questions have been revealed by one of the sisters named, August. August serves as a role model to Lily because she is willing to tell the truth and listen to her. With all of these answers, Lily is able to make out that she had done it, but learns that is was truly a fluke. The heavy load on her back has been dropped of giving her a sense of being "freedom". Sue Monk Kidd illustrates the struggle of life and how troubles can bring you down. She continues by showing that you have to let the struggles drift away and move on....
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...The Secret Life of Blacks Sue Monk Kidd is a writer from Sylvester, Georgia, best known for her 2002 novel The Secret Life of Bees. The novel begins with a 14 year old, Lily Owens, in the summer of 1964 in Sylvan, South Carolina o runs away with her black housekeeper and stays with a black family. Lily lived with T. Ray, her father, and her housekeeper, Rosaleen. T. Ray, being abusive, lead Lily’s mother away. She eventually comes back in efforts to get a then 4 year old Lily. In the heat of an argument with her husband, Deborah drops a gun that Lily accidentally picks up and kills her mother. The Secret Life of Bees is a book that shows many types of interracial interactions such as; mentor-mentee, intimate relationship, caregiver, friendship, resentment, and hatred. The mentor-mentee relationship in this book is expressed by Clayton Forrest and Zach Taylor. Zach’s aspiration to be a lawyer, a title not commonly held by a black american, is questioned by all, except Clayton Forrest. Clayton Forrest instead of knocking his dreams, mentors him and teaches Zach about lawyer duties, even giving him stuff to read and keeping him updated in some legal matters. Seeing...
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...thus leading us to a place of “endless acceptance and infinite love”. In my opinion, the most powerful of ideas that I was exposed to was the idea that a person becomes truly marginalized when they succumb to shame–that when one gives up on himself, he in turn demonizes himself. I will hold this idea close to my heart for all of my life because if I can stop someone from giving up on themselves by showing them that someone does love them and stands with them, then I can find a sort of self-assurance in that I am living a life that I can, myself, respect–in a sense, I can cleanse my own shame by helping others with theirs. Shame’s power of marginalization is an important idea found in La Línea by Ann Jaramillo, Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and Tattoos on the Heart by Father Gregory Boyle. The power of shame’s self-marginalizing properties is demonstrated in all of the books that we read in the Contemporary Literature course. An outstanding example of this is found within La Línea. After Miguel and Elena get mugged and have their money and what seems like their hope stolen, Miguel gives into shame. He explains to Elena, “ ‘ I’m read to give up,... …’Maybe this trip just wasn’t meant to be’ ” (Jaramillo 57). Miguel seems to have lost hope and sight of why he is making the trip to the north. He faces the decision to pack up and try again after facing failure. Miguel’s despair exemplifies shame because in choosing to give up in the face of adversity, he belittles his own self-worth...
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