One More Double Entry Diary Example!

In the blog post below, you will find where I completed another double entry diary for another book.  I have completed a 2nd one on another children’s book about pirates!  The book is called What If You Met A Pirate? Enjoy!

From the book What If You Met a Pirate:	What it means to me:
Quote: “Most died from disease, especially in the tropics.  Pirates who died in battles were rare, but not as rare as old pirates.” (p. 4)	Reaction: Growing up, I always had this perspective on how pirates lived these cruel and ruthless lives, stealing treasure and drinking rum all day.  I guess these misconceptions are still taught in schools today.
Passage: Flogging-The offending sailor was tied up and whipped with the cat o’ nine tails.  This type of whip had nine hard cords, and each cord had three hard knots.  Ouch! (p. 6)	Reaction: I think that this punishment was harsh, but these men were harsh all around.  They stole from good people, and there is no excuse for that.
Quote: “Pirates wanted weatherly boats-usually sloops or schooners that could sail closer to the direction of the wind than the heavy, square-rigged warships sent to capture them.” (p. 10)	Inference: The sloops and schooners were the smallest of the types of boats that pirates normally sailed on.  I assume that these boats were easier to guide through storms than the larger ones, and that they went faster.
Quote: “THEY WORKED.  HARD.” (p. 14)	Inference: I know that pirates had to work hard everyday that they sailed.  They were constantly changing the sails according to the wind.  Those sails were huge and I know they must have been heavy!
Quote: “Pirate life was hard, but fair.” (p. 16)	Inference: On every pirate ship, there were no pirates that received more goods than another.  They shared it all equally because they all worked equally hard to pirate everyday.
Quote: “The real trick was to take a prize without getting a lot of people killed.” (p.20)	Reaction: The pirates did what they had to do to get their goods; they were pirates!  I don’t think that they really wanted to hurt or kill anyone in the process.  I’m sure that some pirates probably wept over losses of friends and fellow sailors.

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