I spent a lot of time with chapter 8 this week and it sparked my interest. When I initially chose this chapter, my attention was grabbed by the title, but after reading it several times I found it to be really illuminating. I had to do some background research on the British transportation of convicts to Australia, and it made me contextualize the chapter better. The fact that most robberies were sentenced for a 7 year transportation and at the time many people were economically struggling with the industrializing world. I see parallels with flaws in our legal system with the faults detailed within this paper. Additionally, I see similarities between why people got tattoos then and why people get tattoos now … to process emotions! Across cultures, it becomes evident that tattoos represent an aspect of your personality. It is so common for people to get tattoos after enduring trauma, or a specific life event; which is also observed in the article.