Carry on Mr. Bowditch Chapter 2
1)What is a privateer?
A: A privateer is a ship that goes into war, carrying guns only, and if they find a English Ship (for that time) they would capture it and one man would go and sell the whole thing.
2)Why did Granny tell Father to take Nat with him to wharves?
A: Granny told Father to take Nat along, to make sure that he came back.
3)What did Father say he would do if he had money?
A: Father said that if he had a lot of money, he would buy a expectation.
4)What is a expectation? How did the sailor respond to Nat’s offer to buy one?
A: A expectation is how much a privateer expects he will get when he goes out on the ship, then he will return and give all of the money that he earned to the person who invested in him. The sailor said that he would work a expectation with him.
5)Why did the sailor tell Nat not to mention their bargain?
A: The sailor told Nat not to tell anyone because he would be embarrassed if anyone found out that he had traded little money for a lot more.
Thought Questions:
1)Do you think privateers and pirates are the same? If not, how are they different?
A: I think that they are a lot alike, but that they both have something different about them. For one Pirates don’t do expectations, and privateer’s do, for two, privateer’s do this for war, and Pirates don’t.
2)Are ethics different durring wartime? Should they be?
A: I think that your work ethic is a little different because you’re doing this for war, but I also think that your work ethic should change a little bit.
3)Why did Father call himself Jonah? Was Jonah’s problem bad luck? If not, why did he bring danger to the soldiers?
A: Father called himself Jonah because he thought that bad luck always followed him. In the bible story Jonah, it was his own works that made him jump into sea. The Story of Jonah- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+1
4)Why did Father ask Nat if it was better to go back to his trade? Do you think he knew the answer? Do you think he expected Nat to know?
A: Father asked Nat if he should go back to his trade because he wanted Nat to say yes, so that he didn’t feel forced to go back on a privateer. I think that he did know the answer, and I think that he thought that he would make Nat confused, so he would just say yes.