Luke's point of view convincing people to participate in the seagoin. In the passage it states that you can make nine trips morethan the other seagoing cowboy. In the passage it also states that they had benfits of seeing Europe and China. This kind of proves how Luke's trying to convince.

Another reason that luke trying to convince you. In the passge it states that Luke torned an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china. Another detail from the passage is that Katie farm as a boy had prepare Luke for hard work but not for the dangers at sea. This also can of proves how Luke trying to convince.

Luke's point of view is first person beacuse he talks about how he got into seagoing cowboys .In the passsage it states that he had bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Next ,It states that a small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide ,keep