Heros And Villans

  Now in days pirates are being depicted as hero's, but we can't continue sugarcoating the truth about these murderous thieves. There are books and shows that present a pirate as hero's and some present pirates how they actually were. For instants, "Under The Black Flag" and " Buccaneers and Pirates" are novels that show these two sides of pirates yet they have some connections.
Remember why hero's are praised more than villain's, which is why a new image of pirates was created.
Through our many years the image of pirates have been edited in some way. Because of this, there are Pirated depicted as hero's and villain's. In "Buccaneers and Pirates" the narrator sugar coats the truth about pirates in an interesting way.
In this book the narrator talks about when he was younger they wanted to be a pirate. Frank's' ,the narrator of "Buccaneers and Pirates" reason for wanting to become a pirate was because, "...the absolute independence of that sort of life....In fact, I had a great desire to become what might be called the marine Robin Hood."

This is one example how the industry of film making and novels influenced the heroic side of pirates which made many young children want to become pirates. Later on Frank R. Stockton, reveals the truth about pirates but does not do it in a gruesome and horrific way in which children wouldn't want to read.

Unlike "Buccaneers and Pirates", "Under the Black Flag" by David Cordingly is the complete opposite. David Cordingly basically says the truth about pirates and drops the mic right there and then. He gives some documented stories about these murderous thieves and they are not sugarcoated like "Buccaneers and Pirates" .

The Truth

When one hears the word pirate, we tend to think about Captain hook from Peter-pan or Johnny Deep from Pirates of the Caribbean. One would describe a pirate with a eyepatch and wobbling around. Films and novels have created a new image of pirates while the real image was swept under a rug.
" Under The Black Flag" by David Cordingly is a book I am currently reading, teaching me the truth about pirates. Pirates were robbers, murders, ruthless savages. An example of this was the letter of Miss Lucretia Parker who was captured by Cuban Pirates in 1825. This letter was written to her brother and she described the death of Captain Charles Smith. This is one out of the many murders Pirates committed. Some are just too gruesome to even be posted here imagine the movie of " SAW" victims but in real life.
It is obvious that Disney would have not included the gruesome truth about pirates into their film "Pirates of the Caribbean". They want their films to be enjoyed by their audience, not scare them away. Which makes sense on why they fabricated some things about pirates. I am not pointing fingers that it was all Disney who romanticized pirates, but also the creator of "Treasure Islands " By Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this book with his intentions being of targeting a young audience to read this...more specifically young boys. When writing this story he took advise from his family and weaving it in with the story which is how we got that women were considered weak to be pirates. To get straight into the point is that the book " Treasure Islands" also help fabricated many things about pirates.
Its ok to enjoy these things but then again we can not forget the truth about pirates.

Myths About Pirates

 

 Pirates come and go like a wave crashing into the shore. They lived on three rules which were to attack, steal and vanish back into the ocean to do the same thing over again and because of this, pirates did not pay much attention into writing diaries about themselves or the things they would do. When things are not recorded, people tend to fabricate stories in which would later influence a persons view.    This led many myths to pop up about pirates; walking the plank, women being weak to be pirates, treasures being filled with sliver and golden coins, etc...
Some of these myths first started with a book called "Treasures Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson's and a Disney production film "Pirates of the Caribbean". The novel and the movie had a huge impact on the audience view on pirates. For example, the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" depicted pirates stealing for the poor and living their best lives on sea. Which is why people stereotype pirates on fabricated things.
If we were to go back before this novel and movie was created, pirates come from a very gory background. One myth is about walking the plank, which was fabricated by Robert Louis Stevenson, was anything but true. In reality pirates would torture their victims they have captured. At times the bodies of the victims would be thrown overboard forever lost in the sea or would become a pirates next meal. That is just the surface on how pirates would treat their victims.
Another popular myth about pirates is that women were considered weak to be a pirate. Cheng I Sao, Anny Bonny and  Mary Read are just three out of the many pirate women. 
Last but not least, and not the last myth either, the myth about pirates filling up their treasure chests with silver and gold. They wore almost all of their gold on them and spent most of it on women or other things.   
With all of this being said pirates are completely different than those of  the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the novel " Treasures Island". 

About Me

On October 30th 2019, I turned 19 years old. I was born here in Lawrenceville,Georgia. My name means Beautiful Rose and I picked this image because of it. Also my favorite color is pink. I am very friendly but very quiet.