"all the work no one wants to do"

"my stomach is as strong as my handwriting"

"the swelling water can fill me with terror"

"who I pray will not lose me"

to tell a story or tale

to foreshadow or warn

to bless or approve of

to navigate or sail

omen

stories

career

blessings

The prayers show a contrast between the hopes of the crew and the reality of their experiences.

The prayers foreshadow what will happen to the explorers on their journey.

The prayers highlight the similarities between the beliefs of the crew and the natives.

The prayers flashback to the calm and comforting home life of the crew before the journey.

Columbus demonstrates his great leadership abilities.

Pedro shows faith that they will find land.

Columbus reveals his fear of the crew.

The crew displays their lack of faith in their Captain.

"I looked up at the sails, full and straining, taking us farther and farther from Spain."

"And they laughed at him, the cruel laughter of impatient and defeated men."

"We have doubled all previous records of days and leagues at sea..."

"Later, when I went down to the cabin with the log, the Captain's door was bolted shut..."

Fear and distrust

Transportation by sea

Exploration and discovery

Abuse of power

"They don't believe him, and after what I saw this morning, I wonder if they should."

"But we saw something that to me was even more wondrous than gold."

"For the last few days we have been sailing beneath an overcast sky at a tremendous speed, the fastest I have ever gone in my life."

"The Captain sent him a gift the queen had earmarked for royalty, and he sent the message-one he now believes himself-that we are from heaven and are searching for gold."

He was glad to have their company along the lonely journey.

He was glad that he could help rescue them and bring them tocivilization

He was ashamed of how the natives were dressed and how theyacted

He was ashamed that the crew was capturing them to become servants.

“Her son has shamed her worse that any naked native or gold-greedy sailor. My friends cannot meet myeye.”

“The natives huddle together in terror. I cannot bear to look at their dark eyes, eyes grown huge and even more distrustful, if such a thing is possible.”

“How strange these natives must think we are—these pale men from heaven who cram themselves in wooden tubs to float for all eternity on thesea.”

“By nightfall a small band of native men rowed out to us and asked to be taken, too.These were the husbands and fathers. Columbus thought they would make goodservants...

Pedro compares his anger to wine turning sour and making him sick.

Pedro compares his embarrassment to wine spilling in thedark

Pedro compares his growing guilt to wine filling a bottle

Pedro compares his disappointment to wine casks blocking thesun.

"I remember the summer"

"I laughed at her"

"She cried all the way home"

"That sound...filled me too with a sad ache."

Columbus considers the captives as people that will always worship him, while Pedro is embarrassed bythem

Columbus considers the captives as members of the ship’s crew, while Pedro is afraid ofthem

Columbus considers the captives as property, while Pedro sees them as fellow humans to protect

Columbus considers the captives guides to help him find gold, while Pedro sees them as property to protect

“I would not laugh at my mother anymore. One day this past week our party had taken on ‘seven head of women, large and small, and three children.’ This is the way it is recorded in the Captain’s journal.”

“Perhaps I will keep these letters to myself afterall. The natives think that we are angels from God. They swim out to us, wave, throw themselves in the sand, hold their hands and faces to the sky......”

“He [Columbus] talked of how he admired the workmanship of the natives, but how cowardly they were: ‘They are so timid, ten of our men could frighten away thousands of them.’ I [Pedro] saidnothing.”

“We see an island that the natives on board tell us is Bohoio. They say it is a tremendousisland...”