The+Year+of+the+Hangman

1.) What would have happened if Hitler hadn't killed all of the Jews in the Holocost? The world would have been different in the way that there would have never been a World War II and of thoses Jewish families there would still be parts of them here today and in the future. Adolf Hitler wouldn't have tryed to take over the world. People being racist wouldn't be as bad as it is today if Hitler wouldn't have singled out a sertain religion or group of people.

2.)These are the three of the traits that I see in Creighton, he is ungrateful, disrespectful, and snobbish. One trait I would use to desribe Creighton would be ungrateful. In the book it says "Though he was still enrolled in school, it wasn't his studies that occupied him. In fact he sledom cracked a book, and was absent from his classes more often than not-usually because he was sleeping off the excesses of the night before." and "When he was thriteen, Creighton attended his first reallife execution, skipping his classes to do so. The condemned was the celebrated highwayman Tom Corbett, who had been making the road from Bristol to London unsafe for travelers for more than a year." "Grateful? You expect me to be grateful,when I'm being hauled off to no-man's-land? Couldn't you just set me ashore at Mobie or Biloxi?" The second trait would be Creighton is very disrespectful. "At least once a week, Creighton Brown's mother predicted that he would come to a bad end. Though she never specified what she meant by a "a bad end," it was understood to mean the end of a hangman's rope. Creighton paid little mind to his mother's warnings." "Creighton kept track of the slowly passing days by scratching marks on the wall of the cabin above his bunk-until Hervey Hale noticed and ordered him to stop. Crieghton glared at him. "I don't have to take orders from you. I'm not a Marine." " No, but this is my quarters and I'll thank you not to destroy it." Creighton glanced about the room, which, despite the fact that the lieutenant seemed to have very few worldly possessions, somehow contrived to look cluttered and untidy." As if it matters," he muttered." The third and final trait would be snobbish. "To Creighton's relief, his luck did seem to take a turn for the better. He was dealt an ace of hearts and and a nine of diamonds, which was a "bragger," or wild card-the equivalent of a pair of aces." "Creighton was sure the man was bluffing. Though his palms were perspiring so that he could scarcely hold the cards, he managed a credible smile. "I'm not at the end of my rope just yet." Shakily he scribbles another chit, for three pounds this time. He heard Thomas groan, but he didn't take his eyes off Gilbert's cards, as though staring at them would reveal thier worth, or perhaps cause them to fold. But instead of folding, Cilbert tossed three one-guinea markers on the pile." No point in prolonging the agony. I'll call." "

3.) In the book The Year of the Hangman Benedict Arnold posed as the guy that was all out to defeat the British, but in the real world Benedict Arnold is know for be the general that betrays the United States by going over to the British. In the book Benedict Arnold he shows the way he really feels about the Brits in the way he talks about the wars and battles that have pasted. "The American's face went tight. Creighton feared for a moment he might shoot the colonel, or impale him. But he answered only with words. "You know, that's one of the things we can't abide about you Brits-your damned arrogance.""

5.) This morning I arrived in New Orleans along with the men that had captured the Revenge for the second time. I have gotten my first taste of this new place and so far I don't like it one bit. "The passage soon grew so narrow that the crew were forced to ship their oars and take up the poles. Something pricked Creighton's neck and he slapped at the spot instinctively."Mosquitoes," Peter told him." They get thick as mustard when dusk comes on." I found out that u can't blame a naked guy for cheating when playing cards cause you know that he doesn't have anything up his sleeve. " This time Creighton made no attempt to mask his expression. He leaned across the table, his face flushed with anger. " That's no possible! You must have-" He stopped short of what he was saying the word that was on his tongue; he had learned from the knights of the tavern how serious a matter it was to accuse another player of trickery. "Cheated?" Franklin said. With an innocent expression on his broad face, he spread his bare arms wide. "I assure you, I had nothing up my sleeve.""

6.) Since Cregihton is wanting to go back to England he was told that one side was French/Spanish land and the other side was English land,but when ever a flood comes the land is moved so he is confused on who's land is who's. "But since he'd left England, the boundaries between those categories seemed to have grown indistinct. Or maybe they had just shifted position, the way the Mississippi River sometimes did. Theoretically, everything east of the river was English territory and everything west of it belonged to Spain. But Franklin said that each time the riber flooded, it cut a new and slightly different path, so land that had been on one side of the river was now on the other. Back home, Creighton had alwyas been comfortably certain which side of any given line he was on. But the flood of events in which he'd been caught up had left him floundering, uncertain which shore to swim to. He longed for that old certainty, that world in which things were painted so clearly in black and white.

7.) This says that everyone will believe what they read about in the press. A recent example would be the way Americans felt about having our troops in Iraq and with Obama see how everyone felt, he has gotten almost everyone of our troops out of Iraq but he has sent some to Afghanistan.

8.) I would be on Sophie's side because they just had to deal with a death of one of the master minds that helped the Patriots, Dr. Franklin, and she is saying that he wouldn't want them to be doing this.

9.) To me a symbol from the novel would be The Liberty Tree. The Liberty Tree is a newspaper made just for a group that goes by the name Sons of Liberty. page 129. "ALL ATTEMPT BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY TO LEARN WHERE __ IS BEING HELD HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IF ANY PERSON HAS INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER PLEASE DIRECT A MESSAGE IN CODE TO CAFE EXILES NEW ORLEANS."

12.) For my altered ending, Arnold would die in the duel. Creighton would be more for the British side after his uncle talked him into it. Then Colonel Gower would bring Creighton to his dad and they would visit for a while. Creighton's father would talk about doing the right thing and how his brother, Colonel Gower, spoke for him at his trial. Gower and Creighton would embrace and his father, would die while they embraced. Creighton would be allowed to go back to live with Sophie where he would find his mom. He would explain everything that happened to his mom and they would live in America. Sophie and Creighton would start to become close and Creighton would finally ask her to be his wife. They would get married and start a family together. The war instead of continuing, would slowly end. The king of England would accept America and the British and America would remain close just like Creighton and Sophie.