Reread ch3 to refresh your memory about the ceremony of the black spot. How is this event similar to when Billy Bones receives the spot? How is it different?

The dreaded black spot is never a good thing to get. It represents the crew no longer has belief or use in the person it is given to. When Pew delivers one to Billy Bones, it contains a demand for him to appear before his crewmates. While Billy Bones is filled with terror, Silver is more rebellious and mocks whoever dare to cut into a Bible. He mocks the hypocrisy of a scourge using a black spot to threaten him.