Pirate Island

Pirate Island
Willy Ethridge
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This image depicts the setting where Pirate Island will settle, grow, and thrive.
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Introduction
The ocean waves brush smoothly against
the glistening sand. I can smell and taste
the salty water as it gently rolls over my
feet, blanketing them in sand. I can feel
the bright sun shining on my face. I walk
farther on the shore under the cooled
shade of the palm trees. The scent of
cracked coconuts makes me relaxed and
calm. I can hear the waves building up
and crashing into each other. I open my
eyes and see the bright blue sky without a
cloud in sight, starting to fade to pink.
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CHAPTER 1
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Modifications
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SECTION 1
Part I Analysis of the Problem.
The rst step in building a successful civi-
lization is to secure basic human needs
such as food and water. Due to its geogra-
phy, the major challenges the civilization
of Pirate Island face in achieving a basic
Figure 1.1
Human Changes to the Land
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food and water supply include the follow-
ing:
1 Since we live on a sandy island, farming
is difcult. Instead, we must scavenge the
island for the food we need to survive.
Wed need to get the fruits from the trees.
However they may be very high up. Fish-
ing would be hard. Since we have no sh-
ing rod we would have to use are hand
which would be fairly difcult. Monkeys
could eat our food sources like bananas
and coconuts. If they do this and we use
up all of our food sources then the citi-
zens of pirate island will die.
2 Now the fact that we live on an island
comes in handy as we are surrounded by
water. However it is salt water so we
cant drink it. Rain water would be one
other way for Pirate island to get water
but we would face the challenge of catch-
ing the water. So we must nd a different
way to obtain the water we need to sur-
vive, and if we dont then the citizens of
pirate island will die.
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Part II - Proposed Solutions
Modication: A modication is changing
something to make it look or act different.
In order to obtain the food we need to sur-
vive we must scavenge the island for ba-
nanas and coconuts. Getting bananas
would be fairly easy but coconuts might
be a challenge if they are high up in the
trees. We share some of the same prob-
lems that Greeks who lived in mountain-
ous lands , farming wasnt easy in
that mountainous land. Even in the plains
and valleys, the land was rocky and wa-
ter was scarce (Frey 249). So in order to
get them, we must either throw rocks at
them and or climb up to get them. An-
other problem would be getting sh for
protein. It would be hard to catch the sh
since we do not have shing rods so we
would have to catch the sh with our
own hands.
In order to obtain the water we need to
survive, we need to have a steady reliable
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source of drinkable water. Since we are
on a island that might be a bit challenging
like it was for the Arabs The hot, dry de-
sert environment is very harsh (Frey
77). but with less storms. There are some
ways to get it. We could drink the coco-
nut juice we get from coconuts, or we
could create some sort of bowl with
leaves to catch rain water in and then we
could drink that, but it doesn't always
rain on tropical islands.
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CHAPTER 2
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Law & Government
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SECTION 1
Part I - Lessons on Democracy
In order to chose the type of government
on pirate island we have to see what
things we can learn from past forms of
government. Lets start with Athens.
What they went by is that a major major-
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ity of the citizens deserves equal rights
and government. In ancient Athens all
Athenian citizens had the right to diss-
cus laws. On Frey 261 it states, All men
over the age of 18 who were born in Ath-
ens where athenian citizens. However,
women and slaves did not have a voice
over the laws. The large group of male
citizens that were allowed speak in it was
called the assembly. They also had the
Council of 500 that were selected to run
the day-to-day affairs of the city-state.
Something that I learned from Sparta was
that they had a Council of Elders. The
council of elders would make the laws for
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Sparta, in consisted of 2 kings and 28
Spartan citizens how ever you did have
to pass a few exceptions Frey 265 To be
elected to the Council of Elders, men had
to be at least 60 years old and from a no-
ble family.. Sparta's government was a
oligarch, a oligarchy is when a group of
people shared power. Sparta surprisingly
was not a tyranny even though they
where known for there violence, and they
gave women more rights then any other
city state.
In Rome there where patricians which
were the wealthy people. The plebeians
were the poor citizens that made up 95%
of the population of Rome. Rome was a
democracy for a while, but when Julius
Caesar was elected king they became a ty-
rant of sorts. The only people that had
power were the patricians until the Coun-
cil of Plebs. The Council of Plebs could
pass and reject laws This was called veto
power. They got this after the Conict of
Orders. The conict happened when all
the plebeians went on a revolt until they
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got more rights, which were granted to
them. Even so, they still
were thought of as
lower than the patri-
cians.
Part II - Code Of Law
The laws of pirate is-
land relate to Hammu-
rabis code & the 12 ta-
bles. One way of show-
ing this is in law I Any
one that harms citizens of Pirate Island
they shall be publicly
executed. This relates
to
The laws of Pirate Is-
land are:
I. If any one that harms
citizens of Pirate Island
they shall be publicly ex-
sicuted.
II. Every pirate that par-
takes in a mission shall
be paid according to
there performance.
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tus lost his father at a very young age and
then lost his step father too and because
of this he made plenty of laws about chil-
dren. One of those laws is that you cant
inherit something unless you have chil-
dren. His main goal was not to be killed
like his step father was so he had to ap-
peal to his citizens and one way he did
this is he restored 82 religious temples as
his father built statues of himself in relig-
ious temples. Augustus learned from his
father and so did Pirate Island now we
must learn from Augustus. We already
learned from Julius Caesar now we have
to see what we can learn from his
adopted son, Augustus. Augustus lost his
father at a very young age and then lost
his step father too and because of this he
made plenty of laws about children. One
of those laws is that you cant inherit some-
thing unless you have children. His main
goal was not to be killed like his step fa-
ther was so he had to appeal to his citi-
zens and one way he did this is he re-
stored 82 religious temples as his father
built statues of himself in religious tem-
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ples(The Political Leadership of Cesaer
Agustus). Augustus learned from his fa-
ther and so did Pirate Island now we
must learn from Augustus.
Part V - Lessons learned from the De-
cline of the Western Roman Empire
Theres a lot to learn from the western
roman empire but mostly how not to do
things. In order to maintain our morals
we have to make sure that every one is
pleased with where they live and there
surroundings. To make sure that every
one is happy we need to make sure that
the people have a voice and that they are
part of the decisions that will be made
and laws that will be passed. But we also
have to make sure that they dont have to
much power because there are always go-
ing to be some bad eggs. We will have ab-
solutely no crime on Pirate Island (how-
ever there will be crime when pirating
ships of course.) but the main reason for
crime in rome was unemployment, there
for we will make sure that every one is
payed equally and fairly(Decline of The
Western Roman Empire). Then we need
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to make sure that they are properly enter-
tained so we will have occasional colos-
seum battles that may involve animals.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
CHAPTER 3
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Belief Systems
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Impact of Belief Systems
PICTURE
Think of a civilization without relig-
ion, how would people act? what would
they do when they meet a dilemma? Re-
ligion helps give people morals but then
again those morals are not again always
right. But most of the time beliefs help hu-
mans cope through life, giving them an-
swers to certain questions that could not
be answered without beliefs, like where
do we come from and what happens to us
when we die? Even if these belief sys-
tems are wrong they still help us, like in
Christianity they say that if you do good
things then when you die you will go to
heaven where all is happy and peaceful,
but if you bad you will go to hell where
you will be torchered for your sins. So
naturally people who follow in a religion
with similar beliefs christianity will live
out their lives better. Pirate island will
make sure that there will be a good relig-
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ion that molds our civilization into one
with more moral rights.
In order to further understand the im-
portance of a belief system on society, and
their inuence on their followers, ac-
knowledge the moral dilemma below:
Roger Smith, a skillful swimmer, is out for a
leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk
he passes by a deserted pier from which a teen-
age boy who apparently cannot swim has
fallen into the water. The boy is screaming des-
perately for help. Smith recognizes that there
is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps
in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he
tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the
boy's cries. "Why should I inconvenience my-
self for this kid," Smith says to himself, and
passes on.
If Roger Smith practiced Hinduism he
would most deantly save the drowning
young boy. This is because hindus believe
in karma which means when you do
good things in your current life, that you
will be rewarded by being re-born into a
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better class than before, but if you do
wrong things then you will be punished
by being re-born into a worse and lower
class. So by saving the boy, the good
karma would help him get into a better
life.
If Roger Smith was a Buddhist, he
would also save the boy. A good Buddhist
would never harm a life form and if you
have the power to save someone and you
chose to ignore them, then that is techni-
cally harming them. They also believe in
the eight fold path which states Pro-
mote good actions and prevent evil ac-
tions. ( Frey, 159)And last time i
checked letting a child die was an evil ac-
tion
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And nally if Roger Smith was a
Confucianist he would once again
save the boy drowning, because the
purpose of a Confucianists life is too
do there role in society honorably
which in Rodger Smiths case is
swimming. And to save any one
from drowning would be very honor-
able and require some one who can
swim. Also Confucianists practice Hon-
esty, politeness, propriety, humaneness,
perform correct role in society, loyalty to
family, nation (http://
www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_char
t.htm)
In conclusion belief systems are very
important to a society, because they de-
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ne what is right and what is wrong.
would once again save the boy drowning,
because the purpose of a Confucianists
life is too do there role in society honora-
bly which in Rodger Smiths case is swim-
ming. to save any one from drowning
would be very honorable and require
someone who can swim.
In Conclusion
Impact of Belief Systems in Medieval
Europe
How did theRoman Catholic Church
inuence people's beliefs and lives in
Medieval Europe? In medieval Europe
every one had the same religion, Catholic.
This made the church very powerful at
the time. A large percentage of the popula-
tion where peasants whos life sucks and
only hope at a good happy life was there
after life. The Pope used this to get them
to do his bidding by promising them sal-
vation if they went and fought for the
holy land. The Pope was considered to be
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even more powerful the kings and
queens in the medieval ages. He was
pretty much a god on earth, what ever he
said went.
Belief System of Pirate Island
In an effort to create a successful civiliza-
tion, the people of Pirate Island have es-
tablished their own belief system. It
shares similar religious beliefs and teach-
ings with other world religions beliefs
and teachings with other world religions
and help the people of Pirate Island live
with strong moral values. Here are some
examples:
1 All around Strength, Po
We believe that a pirate must be
strong physically, mentally, and emotion-
ally. We need them to be strong for pirat-
ing ships. In battle you must block out all
distractions and focus on the current task.
In order to train our pirates to live up to
our expectations we will train them at a
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young age in school and after you gradu-
ate if you still wish to be a true pirate you
will join the military. This belief relates to
Buddhism where they train mentally by
meditating. (Focus your mind with prac-
tices such as meditation) Frey 159.
2 Control, Kee
Pirates need to be controlled because
we can be a bit destructive. If there was
no control in battles then we might do
more harm to our selfs then the enemy.
We will practice this by having plenty of
strict drills and hard training in the mili-
tary camps. But control is not only for the
military its also for the every day pirate,
weather their children, at work, or maybe
if a ght breaks on their street or some-
thing else crazy like that. Our second be-
lief relates to the religion of Islam who
have plenty of strict rules that they must
follow. (The fourth [out of ve] pillar of
faith is siyam, or fasting ( going with out
food ))
3 Courage, Syarvy
Without courage a pirate is nothing,
you must be able charge into a deadly bat-
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tle and show no fear in doing so to be a
true pirate. Fear is an obstacle in the race
to victory. In order to practice this we will
have plenty of dangerous tasks to accom-
plish in the military. These tasks consist
of bungee jumping, being shot at while
running, and being forced under water.
This belief relates to christianity because
when rome was unpleased and had chris-
tens killed in horrible ways but they sang
prays while dyeing (Christians won
new admirers by facing death bravely,
even singing hymns as lions or bears tore
them apart).
Sacred Space
My religious structure helps the pi-
rates of pirate island come together and
pray to the mighty ying spegetty mon-
ster, we do this by climbing a ladder and
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A picture of the inside of my sacred space
making sacrices to the great pasta sauce.
This helps practice our moral values to-
getherness, and respect by coming to-
gether and respecting the FSM. Our third
moral believe is to show no fear, which
we practice by standing in front of our
boiling hot pasta sauce that could very
easily hurt you. This practice of showing
no fear relates to Christianity because
when Romans started to murder Chris-
tens with bears and lions they sang songs
while they died. (Christians won new ad-
mirers by facing death bravely, even sing-
ing hymns as lions or bears tore them
apart). Frey
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
CHAPTER 4
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Ideas
SECTION 1
Advancing Ideas Within a Civilization
The Europe society changed from the
ideas of the humanists because human-
ists believed that every thing should be
questioned, that everyone had the poten-
tial to be great, and that artists should cre-
The Power of Ideas
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ate things in new ways. Questioning eve-
rything was thought to be sacrilegious be-
cause they even questioned religious be-
liefs, so I guess it was. They also ques-
tioned the medical and science of their
times and did various tests to make sure
that things worked and they advanced be-
cause of this.
If a Humanist came to my cavitation they
would probably want to improve our edu-
cation seeing that all we teach is violence.
Theyd also want to change the luxury-
housing complex that David built. They
also might want to put in more churches
for different religious beliefs. And proba-
bly want to add an art museum and some
sort of library or public learning area.
Theyd probably change our belief system
too from a democracy to maybe a tyranny
seeing that they believe that every one
has the potential to be great.
The Danger of New Ideas
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Ideas can be very helpful to certain
people but do very bad things for others.
The church has had these ideas before
during the renaissance. Some members
of the church craved money and did
many things to get it. They taxed people,
sold forgiveness, and sold there places as
members of the clergy (simony). Having
to give 10% of there yearly income made
people start to realize that the church was
corrupt. They weren't spending the
money on the church but on themselves
instead by buying large palaces instead of
improving the church.
Martin Luther believed that every one
who where Catholics where also priests.
He also believed that people should not
be buying places in the church and that if
you only followed the teachings of bad
priests that you would go to hell.
They excommunicated him, which
means kick him out of the clergy and
make it so he could not go to heaven, and
also burned his books and threatened to
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burn him at the stake. They also talked
bad about him a lot.
The mass killing
strategy has been
done before unsuc-
cessfully, however
we plan to be the
rst to have a suc-
cessfully thriving
civilization, with
mass killing imple-
mented in it. Even
tough if he had a
democracy where people could vote our
pirates would be much happier, we are
erce leader who need are
pirates to be mad.
Power of Individual Ideas
If an amazing artist, inven-
tor, ect like Leonardo da
Vinci they would be a huge
help to our civilization by
letting us advance our inven-
tions and arts and so on. We
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A picture of Leonardo Da Vinci
would most denitely want new ideas on
torture and on our attack strategy. If he
could help us make new weapons like ma-
chine guns we could dominate the seas
ruling every thing we encounter. And i
think that if he became a teacher our peo-
ple could learn how to paint out the sto-
ries that we have to tell.
However his creative ideas could help
spark an uprising in our land. Being a Tyr-
anny we always have to worry about mu-
tiny and having some one who thinks out-
side the box teach others his beliefs, well
that could mean the end of pirate island.
If he helped us advance in weaponry and
brought humanism to our society then
our pirates could use are new weapons
agents us.

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