Pirate Latitudes Essay

Pirate Latitudes was written by Michael Crichton has many characters with leadership qualities. In this story is about A Captain Hunter who was hired by the governor of Port Royal to go on a privateering expedition to the Spanish island of Matanceros. This mission was capture the treasure within the hold of the Spanish treasure Galleon. While on the journey the privateering ship was captured by a Spanish warship under the command of Cazalla who is renowned for his ruthlessness in the caribbean. In this story Captain Hunter is a good leader and embodies the role of a leader. Captain Hunter is a great leader because he cares about his men and the mission. In the story He always considered his options and chooses what is ultimately the best for both the crew and the mission. In the story he decides that he will let his
His ability to lead is unmatched in the Caribbean and this is recognized by the governor of Port Royal who charters his expedition. I can relate with hunter because before he goes on this expedition or even attempts to recruit people for the journey he creates a well thought out plan to present to people. I can relate with this because in life I like to have a plan for what I am going to do and how I am going to accomplish it. I often found myself relating to captain hunter and thinking about how I would handle the situations that he found himself and his crew in. When he was at the edge of a cliff He had to decide whether or not his men should climb then or wait to morning. He decided that, “They might wait out the night , and the storm might pass them but if it were large enough and slow enough, and they lost even one day then their timing would be ruinen and three days hence,Cassandra would sail into Matanceros carrying fifty men to certain death. ‘We climb now’” (Crichton 131). This shows Hunters decision process and how he cares for his men and their