Sunday, March 29, 2009
Mutiny on the Bounty - BCR #2 - Predict the Outcome
You have watched the film, Mutiny on the Bounty, up to the point of the trial of Midshipman Byam and the other sailors. Byam did not participate in the mutiny (taking over the ship). What do you predict will be the outcome of the trial? Will Byam be convicted (found guilty) or acquitted (set free)? Please support your opinion with information from the film. Write a short (5-6 sentences) BCR using complete sentences, proper grammar, and correct spelling!
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I predict that he will not get hanged because he is an inoccent person and should stay that way.The judges did the right thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAlthough we saw the outcome the other day in class I did happen to guess it right. At first he was going to die. But then the jury changed there minds so he then was freed. So he was not going to die because he was accused of mutiny. So I new he would be freed because I knew the jury would decide to let him be free because he wasn’t part of the mutiny. <(-_-)>
ReplyDeleteThe setting is at the harbor of the Southern sea, the ship, and the island. Most people don’t get to experience that excitement in a movie. It has a grater story line than some other old movies. In my opinion this is about one of the greatest movies ever made. The setting of this story doesn’t really change that much though out the story.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of Mutiny on the bounty creates the meaning for the viewer because its on a boat and that’s the main setting. It is important for a student to know where the setting is. It was taking place in the 1700s it was kind of obvious because of the way they were dressed and the old looking ship that has to go by the wind. In this setting the captain had all the power, he was in charge .He could do anything he wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe setting creates meaning for the viewer by having the setting on a royal ship and searching for land and it tells you that they will travel for a long distance and will show viewers the difficult trail to search for land.
ReplyDeleteo The story could have another setting like on a slave ship or on some sort of ship or it could have been basically on the island and English men arrive. Or it also could have taken place somewhere near England and that they could have a setting that’s after they settle on the giant rock and how the crew lived.
o The captain in this story had all the power. He would steal from the crew and eat there hard earned food and only give the crew little to no food at all because he kept on eating the food and keeping it for him self. He would also punish the crew by whipping them for the slightest amount of weakness and would show no mercy.
o The setting can be best described as a royal ship but the “royal crew” gets treated like trash. It’s a boat with a starving crew and on a very wet boat. So that’s the description of the boat.
Byam was convicted. They jury has found the man guilty with charge of mutiny. I think that it would have been obveises that he would die. Everyone that has been in contact with caption Blidge was killed, on the verge of dying, or torchered to a very high standard of pain. He cared nothing of the crew. He just wants to make money off of his journey because it was for the king. He was the one who probably convinced the jury that if he didn’t join him on the ship, if he knew the ship was being taken over and took no action that he was just as guilty. But I believe that if he was one of the people who came back to caption Blidge that he should have been set free. All who returned should be free.
ReplyDeleteI think that the sailor will actually be dead because we saw that part.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was sentenced because of suspicion of mutiny on the ship and that also because he was good friends with Fletcher Christian and I think that maybe right when he’s being hanged, he will be rescued by Christian or someone else. That is what I think of that situation.
When I first heard the argument about the captain being right or wrong, I automatically thought to myself, “He’s definitely going to get the punishment that they have stored for him”. The jury seemed as if they didn’t believe Byam because he left with Christian, and because he wasn’t the captain and the captain is supposed to be an example, a role model. Then, when they took Byam to the court room again to see if he was going to get the punishment, I thought to myself, “Yup…I was right this time!”
ReplyDeleteBut when he gave his “last words”, before they hung him, they changed there minds. I was wrong.
Midshipman Byam was convicted for the crime. I thought that Midshipman Byam wouldn’t be convicted. He convinced me that he was an honest truthful man. The jury did not agree. The jury had found Byam guilty. I was surprised that Byam took the punishment as calm as he did, the jury told him he was going to be put to death. If I were him I would have cried. Even though he didn’t show emotion on the outside there was on the inside.
ReplyDeleteI think that he will be set free. I think this because the trail really wasn’t fair. The trail basically depended on witch way the knife pointed. If the knife pointed to him he would be killed, and if the knife pointed to the sign he would be set free! The knife pointed at him which meant he would be killed. The jury had other thoughts after. The jury went and talked to the captain, and persuaded him to let Byam be set free!!
ReplyDeleteI think he will get set free because he’s innocent. Byam was lying. They did the right thing. The judges decided he was innocent . The speech that he gave after they told him that he was guilty might have saved him.
ReplyDeleteI thought that he would be set free. I thought that because he never took part in take over the ship. He never even knew probably what was going on. HE never did any thing to hurt anyone. So I do not think that he had to take the blame for his crew.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was going to be let free, because he is one of the main charters, and he would have had to be alive. Fletcher Christian told Byam to tell his parents he was fine if he didn’t return back to England. Since Fletcher Christian was on an island with his new wife and kid, he wanted Byam to tell his parents. Byam is a good guy and it wasn’t his fault at all, I don’t think he should be found guilty.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Byam will be set free. I think this because he is completely innocent and if their trial has any truth in it, it will see that he is innocent. I don’t think that God would kill and person if he is innocent. The other men, even, had a reason why they did the mutiny. They believed, and I agree, that they were being treated unfairly. However, Byam did not take part in the mutiny and was still loyal to Captain Bly. Captain Bly was the one who did not believe Byam! In my opinion I think that Bly is the one who should be tried because of the horrible way he treated the crew. Anyway, what I’m saying is that I think that Byam will indeed be set free.
ReplyDeleteI think midshipman Byam would be acquitted. Because I think the court would set him free. Because he did nothing he let himself be found and let the others run away. Also because I think that the captain will get in trouble for what he did.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Byam will be set free. I believe this because he is innocent and he put up a good fight in court. They should believe him. If he is set free then he will be able to set a trail on Captain Bly. Then he will be able to show the court how mean Bly was on-board. He had beaten the crew even if they did not perform mutiny they had a good reason to. He even stole the crew’s cheese.
ReplyDeleteI think that Byam will be set free because he really did not commit the crime. I think that the captain will be nice enough to let him go. That’s why I predict that. I also think that because byam didn’t do any thing bad . The captain is the bad person.
ReplyDelete2 I predict that he will not be found guilty because. First of all he did not participate in the mutiny so they have no reason for convicting him guilty for something that he did no become involved of. Because that does not make any sense even in today hectic life style. No one is convicted even in the old days if not proven guilty. So I predict that he will not be proven guilty. If so some inosent people will convince the judges and set him free!
ReplyDeleteI believe that Byam will be convicted of mutiny because the court didn’t really believe him and don’t know if they should believe Captain Bly or Byam. They think that Byam helped Fletcher Christian plan the mutiny. They don’t know that Byam was planning to take the ship back, not go with the mutiny. They also didn’t know that Byam wanted to go with Captain Bly, but they had already started to sail into the ocean. Luckily, someone went and pleaded that Byam and the shipmen should be acquitted. This is TRAVIS28 signing out.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I think will happen to Midshipman Byam. I think that he will be set free. I think he will because he didn’t do anything to help the people who were committing mutiny on the ship. Also he even went up to Captain Bligh of the ship once his new ship came back to the island. I think that since he went up to the ship he wasn’t guilty because if he was he would have been afraid and not went right up to him. That’s why I think he will be set free.
ReplyDeleteI think that Midshipman Byam will be convicted. I think that he will be convicted because the Captain Bligh gave a very strong argument against him, also because the captain is a very powerful person, like a god, at sea. He can kill whoever he wants, starve whoever he wants and torture whoever he wants. Byam, also, has no evidence that he was not part of the mutiny, and so the judge and jury have no reason to believe him. So I think that Byam will be convicted.
ReplyDeleteWe watched the film “Mutiny on the Bounty”. Midshipman Byam did not help with taking over the ship. When they come back to England, the captain is alive and thinks that midshipman Byam helped take over the ship. I think midshipman Byam will be found guilty. I think this because the captain has evidence that does not help midshipman Byam, although the evidence is false. Also, who do you think the king will believe? Midshipman Byam, or the captain?
ReplyDeleteI think Midshipman Byam will be convicted because he disobeyed the captain’s orders, he almost killed everyone, Byam didn’t participate in the munity so I think he will be either killed or hanged to death because in the scene the knife or dagger was pointing at him which means you will be to death and/or you will be punished.
ReplyDeleteI think Midshipman Byam will be set free because he didn’t plan for the mutiny, and had nothing to do with it. Even though he didn’t go on the life boat with Captain Bligh he stayed to try and take back the ship. He explained that he never talked to Fletcher Christian about mutiny, and that Captain Bligh made a false assumption about him. I think Byam had enough proof to convince the judges that he is not guilty of mutiny. That is why I believe that Midshipman Byam will be set free and not convicted.
ReplyDeleteI predict that Will Byam will be set free because he lead a good argument about him not being a part of the mutiny. Also i think that the court will see hpw bad of a man the captain is and see even if will was a part of the mutiny the captains actions is what drove him and the other sailors to it!
ReplyDeleteI think they will let Byam free because he told of how the captain was guilty and how the men with mr.cristen had no choice but to follow him .
ReplyDeleteI think he will be killed because he went against the captains orders. Even if it did land on that he would be killed I don’t think the captain would make an acceptation to him.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Byam would not die because he was not in it. Bligh thought that the Captain and someone else were talking about it. But Bligh thought wrong. They were talking about that if this other person dies, go to his home town and say that you knew him and tell them how he died. Also because he didn’t muting, he went off the Bounty before it even happened. At first I was wrong then he got set free, so I think I predicted right.
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ReplyDeleteI am adding to mine because i didn't get to finish my answer so. . . . . . . . . . . . .
I think midshipman Byam would be acquitted. Because I think the court will set him free. Because he did nothing he wrong,he let himself be found and let the others run. Also because I think that the captain will get in trouble for what he did.Because I think that the court will take Byam's side, and believe him.
One time aomeone in my family had to go to court to be in jury they said it wasn't fun.
I don't want to serve jury duty but everyone has to eventually do it.
I thought that Byam was going to be convicted because, I don’t think that England really cares about the reason that the did it, but what they did is what they care about. In my opinion the mutiny was completely necessary to do because of the lives that the captain was taking. For example, he made a crew member climb to the top of the ship and stay up there for hours I a huge storm.
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ReplyDeleteI thought that he would get the punishment too. The second Captain Bligh started arguing I knew Byam was going to get it. But it turned out I was wrong.
Responding to travis28. I don't agree that Byam will be convicted. But, they don't believe him either so,maybe,it is possible he is going to be convicted.
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ReplyDeleteI think that he won't be hung because he didn't participate in the mutiny and he stayed loyal to Captain Bligh.
I think that Byam will be killed because he went against the captions order wile out at sea with all the dangers that can happen. That’s worst than killing someone on board. So I think that Byam will be killed or hanged (same thing) and people might save him from getting hanged but I’m not very sure.
ReplyDeleteThis is travis22s new post because I misspelled Byam's name on accident... The movie starts off in the Portsmouth Harbor in December 1787 on the Bounty. They go on a voyage on the uncharted waters of the Great South Sea. The person who had the most power was Captain Bly (although he abused his power). Later in their voyage they land on an island with many plants and lush areas and a tribe of people. Eventually they go back home but the crew takes over the ship and go back to the island and spend Christmas there. Some of them go with Bly in a little boat on the rough waters but some stay with Christian. Near the end of the movie Byam is being tried for going against the captain in a very fancy English courtroom. I don’t think that this story could have happened in another setting.
ReplyDeleteHe was going to die. But I think why they didn't hang him was because of his speech after they said he was guilty. He will not get hanged.He is innocent.
ReplyDeleteI think the dirk will be setting Byam free because Captin Blough thought that Byam was part of Fletcher Christians mutiny because he thought he heard them plooting a plan.Byam was not part of the mutiny because because he was below the ship when this happened and when he was talking to Fletcher Christian, they were talking about his family. Then when Fletcher Christian escaped, Byam stayed behind and had to go to court to see if he would live or die from mutiny.
ReplyDeleteI think that Roger Byam will be found guilty because probably Captain Bly convinced the court that he was guilty. And not only did he convince them he also might have lied to them. And even though he did not participate in the mutiny of the ship he will still be found guilty because if Captain Bly says he did then he did. But I also predict that the he will live, either by being saved or the, court will decide he is not guilty, because Roger will convince them he is not guilty
ReplyDeleteI think the knife will point towards Byam because he did not want to help the captain at all. Instead of going on the ship he stayed on the island with his other friends. He did not want to help the captain take over the ship. He did not want to lead it. He did not obey the captain’s orders. He made the captain very mad. So the captain probably convinced the jury to go along with him. So the jury agreed with the captain. So then when Byam came in, that is why the knife pointed to him!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that he will not get hanged for mutiny because he never wanted to commit mutiny. And did not vouch for the mutiny and he clearly did not want to join in on the mutiny. Even if he really wanted to go he couldn’t because he couldn’t because there want enough room in the life boat to go with the Captain. So that’s why I think he wont be hanged.
ReplyDeleteI agree with travis 11 because hae or she is completly correct.
ReplyDeleteRedo. I think the dirk will be setting Byam free because he wasn’t part of the mutiny because he was below the ship. Then when captain Bly thought he heard Byam and Fletcher Christian were talking about mutiny but they weren’t, they were talking about Christians family and when Christian escaped with the slaves, Byam had to go to court to see if he would die or live from mutiny.
ReplyDeleteI think that the dirk will point away from Byam because he had nothing to do with the taking over the ship.But Captain Bligh thought that Byam had something to do with because he saw Byam and Fletcher shaking hands but all he really was doing was to tell Fletcher's parent if he din't make. When the taking over the ship accured there was no room on the tug boat so Byam had to stay with Fletcher, but Captain Bligh thought he Byam had something to do with it because he didn't get on the tug boat.At the trail Byam was convited guilty. But one of the Judge thought that Byam should be free.
ReplyDeleteI predicted that the knife would not point to him or he would be pronounced not guilty because in my opinion for the whole story byam did every thing "sensibly". He did not have anything to do with the mutiny and i hoped that the judges could see that. captain Bligh did many ubsurd things but accusing one of his own "loyal" crew members of a mutiny is just wrong. A real good and trustable captain trusts his crew....... he dose not even force them to start a mutiny in the first place!
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