Treasure Island Novel Analysis
Young Men Come of Age through Adventure: Compare and Contrast between Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
Life is either an adventure or nothing. An adventure novel, Treasure island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and a Canadian novel, Life of Pi, written by Yann Marte both talk about transformation of young teenagers through adventures. In Life of Pi, The adventure of the protagonist – Pi – is seeking for survival on Pacific Ocean, but in Treasure Island, the adventure of the protagonist – Jims Hawkins – is looking for treasure on a mysterious island. Although Life of Pi and Treasure Island have different types of adventures, both novels develop the theme that young men come of age in adventures through …show more content…
Similarly, Jim overcomes the fear of the main antagonist, Long John Silver. When Jim was trapped in the enemy’s camp, he said, “I no more fear you than I fear a fly. Kill me, if you please, or spare me”(Stevenson 164), to Long John Silver and all pirates. Jims used to be fearful of John Silver, but now he was not. Jim’s overcoming of the fear to Long John Silvers clarifies that he grew to a brave boy in the adventure. Differently, Jim’s fear of pirates becomes part of his curiosity. When Jim was hiding under a bridge and pirates were coming, “[his] curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than [his] fear, for [he] could not remain where [he] was, but crept back to the bank again” (Stevenson 25). Although Jim is afraid of pirates, his fear enhances his curiosity, which leads him to the adventure, where is different that in Life of Pi, Pi’s fear of hyena strength the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker. As well, to contrast with Life of Pi, Jim and his family’s fear of Billy Bones gives him chances to go adventure and grow. At every beginning of the story, “the first monster that confronts Jim in this tale is the seaman Billy Bones, the bully who terrorizes Jim’s family at the Admiral Benbow Inn and seems to cause the death of Jim’s father” (Livingston par.2) Jim’s father’s fear of Billy Bones leads to his death, which frees Jims to the adventure, and Jim’s fear of Billy Bones works in an opposite way that increases …show more content…
Life of Pi. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2011. Print.
Klay Dyer, Critical Essay on Life of Pi, in Novels for Students, Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.
Print.
Livingston, James L. "Treasure Island." Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Fiction Series
(1991): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 7 Dec. 2015.
Life is either an adventure or nothing. An adventure novel, Treasure island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and a Canadian novel, Life of Pi, written by Yann Marte both talk about transformation of young teenagers through adventures. In Life of Pi, The adventure of the protagonist – Pi – is seeking for survival on Pacific Ocean, but in Treasure Island, the adventure of the protagonist – Jims Hawkins – is looking for treasure on a mysterious island. Although Life of Pi and Treasure Island have different types of adventures, both novels develop the theme that young men come of age in adventures through …show more content…
Similarly, Jim overcomes the fear of the main antagonist, Long John Silver. When Jim was trapped in the enemy’s camp, he said, “I no more fear you than I fear a fly. Kill me, if you please, or spare me”(Stevenson 164), to Long John Silver and all pirates. Jims used to be fearful of John Silver, but now he was not. Jim’s overcoming of the fear to Long John Silvers clarifies that he grew to a brave boy in the adventure. Differently, Jim’s fear of pirates becomes part of his curiosity. When Jim was hiding under a bridge and pirates were coming, “[his] curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than [his] fear, for [he] could not remain where [he] was, but crept back to the bank again” (Stevenson 25). Although Jim is afraid of pirates, his fear enhances his curiosity, which leads him to the adventure, where is different that in Life of Pi, Pi’s fear of hyena strength the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker. As well, to contrast with Life of Pi, Jim and his family’s fear of Billy Bones gives him chances to go adventure and grow. At every beginning of the story, “the first monster that confronts Jim in this tale is the seaman Billy Bones, the bully who terrorizes Jim’s family at the Admiral Benbow Inn and seems to cause the death of Jim’s father” (Livingston par.2) Jim’s father’s fear of Billy Bones leads to his death, which frees Jims to the adventure, and Jim’s fear of Billy Bones works in an opposite way that increases …show more content…
Life of Pi. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2011. Print.
Klay Dyer, Critical Essay on Life of Pi, in Novels for Students, Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.
Print.
Livingston, James L. "Treasure Island." Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Fiction Series
(1991): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 7 Dec. 2015.