jwr 1

5/28/14

prompt:Do you think that this book is realistic account to that historical time period? Why or Why not? Provide evidence that support your thinking.

I think that in the book Jump Ship to Freedom the setting and time period is very realistic because the setting contains many wood ships which was how they were back in that time period. They use many wood ship like the mayflower or the pita they were made of wood and they also had many decks and held cabins. most ships like that also had cannons for safety and other reasons.

Another Piece of evidence is that the way they talked a lot differently like "I aint speak like that no more" with funny grammar and how so African Americans such as Daniel talked because of different county how they spoke. It also said that their house was made of wood i can agree because the house he said was on fire and that they had to go for a trick to get the soldiers notes and how Mrs Ivers went outside.        

I think that this evidence fits my prompt because it all shows that it is realistic to the time period and how they spoke and how they acted and how the houses and transportation was like back in the time frame of the story Jump Ship to Freedom.