Nat’s crime is that he and his sailor pals trespassed on William Ashby’s property and “vandalized” his land by illuminating his new house with Jack-o’-Lanterns on All Hallows Eve. The Puritans of Wethersfield see this as “ was an outrageous piece of blasphemy” (147). His day of public punishment included sitting in the stocks “from one hour before the lecture till one hour after”(149). He also had to pay a fine of forty shillings, and he is exiled from Wethersfield;if he will get “thirty lashes at the whipping post”(149).
2. Nat and his other sailor pals targeted William Ashby for there Halloween prank because Nat is jealous of William. William is marrying Kit and Nat has feelings for Kit. On page 134, Nat expresses a little bit of anger
2. Nat and his other sailor pals targeted William Ashby for there Halloween prank because Nat is jealous of William. William is marrying Kit and Nat has feelings for Kit. On page 134, Nat expresses a little bit of anger