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Samuel’s perspective of the Native Americans is that they are helpful. After the fire, they come and bring the settlers food and clothing so that they won’t starve or freeze.

Samuel believes they should not be trusted.

The colonists have learned to survive by working together. The men act as one, and Samuel’s behavior shows us that he believes the “colony (needs) to stand on many legs if (it is) not to be toppled over in the Virginia wilderness” (56).

No one works together.

The Virginia Company wants the settlers to grow food in Jamestown.

The Virginia Company values finding gold above all else.

Samuel is a loner and this will help him in The New World. A loner is a person who is often alone or likes to be alone.

Samuel needs “to depend on others to work together in The New World. ”The centipede’s legs represent all the people in his new world—like Namontack, Captain Smith, and Richard—whom Samuel loves.

On page 139 Samuel can tell that Namontack is both strong and knowledgeable, and he wants Namontack to keep teaching him “Algonquian words” and more about Indian culture.

Samuel wants to look for gold.