When they got there, they were captured by pirates and held hostage until they showed the pirates where the treasure was.…
In Markus Zusak's ‘The Book Thief’, an illiterate naive child, Liesel Meminger steals books. The books stolen by Liesel represent her grievance, defiance, and growth. Zusak uses books as important symbols throughout his story.…
The journey of a ship's crew taken hostage by an eccentric submarine captain, in a time when the cast-iron monster baffled the educated mind. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is a classic that combines the inventive mind of the author, Jules Verne, and modern technology to create a psuedo realistic world that paved the way for the steam punk genre. It entrances the human's unquenching desire for discovery at every turn. Although having a superb storyline, I find that at a few times the amount of scientific nomenclature bogs down the storyline with long monotonous passages. This has a few of its own advantages but often has its own drawbacks.…
Recalled to England in 1591, Grenville was made second in command (under Lord Thomas Howard) of a squadron of about 15 vessels sent to intercept a Spanish treasure fleet off the Azores. When 53 Spanish vessels approached to protect their treasure ships, the English retreated, but Grenville was delayed and cut off. Undaunted, he attempted to run his ship,…
This story involves three important characters: Mike the Awesome, the Dark Black Knight, and The Dragon Stopper. The Dark Black Knight is evil and tries to stop the two good guys from getting the treasure. Mike and The Dragon Stopper went inside The Volcano of Doom and found a clue: a map to The Crystal Freezing Palace. The map said to go to The Crystal Freezing Palace. They found another clue.…
Young Men Come of Age through Adventure: Compare and Contrast between Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island…
First off, we have an example of the argument. In the article Lost Cities, Lost Treasures, there is a scholar and businessman known as Heinrich Schliemann. Heinrich is searching for the lost city of Troy. He comes upon a man who owns a presumed site, named Frank Calvert, who is modest and a quiet discoverer. Frank does not have enough money to fund excavation, so when Heinrich strikes the plan, he agrees. As Heinrich’s crew digs down, they find many treasures. Although after, many people say that if they hadn’t digged as deep as they did, they would have found the actually city’s treasures. That is how even though they lost the main city, they still discovered some ancient treasures.…
The book Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, reveals the truth about what the crew's intention really is and how Jim and his friends are dealing with it. The group sets sail and already Long John has taken a liking to Jim. However, Jim overhears that Long John and most of the crew are Captain Flint's old crew members and that they are planning mutiny and to get the treasure for themselves. They find land soon after, but Jim is too preoccupied with alerting the others of the crews corruption to care. The others find this news unsettling and prepare to escape the ship to the island, while Jim sneaks onto the island with the crew. He there witnesses the cruelty of Long John, as he kills two of the loyal sailors. He runs away from Long…
Have you ever went to visit a friend away from home? When you got to their house, did they warmly welcome you or did they meanly reject you? Well, in the stories Baucis and Philemon and…
<br>Through the conflicts in this story, the author has a lesson for the reader. The lesson is if one wants something bad enough, he must be ready to suffer the consequences. To claim the treasure the group has to go through a lot. Some examples of this are being abducted by an army of goblins, being captured by giant spiders, and…
The main character in the book Treasure Island is Jim Hawkins. If Doctor Livesey had been the main character, the book would have been from a completely different perspective. It would have been more philosophical and there would not have been as much action in the book. Both Jim and doctor Livesey are brave, noble, and are seeking the treasure. Doctor Livesey is much smarter than Jim is and has more experience in the real world where as Jim is a curious child that is extraordinarily courageous.…
Have you ever acted in a certain way and then later changed your attitude or outlook based on events or situations that have taken place. In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what happens. The Pear is about a man named Kino who finds a large pearl to help to save his son from a scorpion sting. But other people are willing to do anything to get their hands on that pearl. Then Kino and his family runs away and ultimately the death of his son. “The Treasure of Lemon” is about a boy named Greg, who wants to play basketball, but his dad says that he can’t play because his math…
In Robert Lewis Stevenson’s book Treasure Island Jim experiences a journey from the island he did almost all of the the stages in the hero’s journey. His adventure was a very long and dangerous one. On this adventure he finds out that the life he wants to live may not actually be as glorious as he once thought.…
Annie Fleet, master scuba diver and history buff, knows she can’t fight her nerd status as a freshman at her Los Angeles private school. And she doesn’t care—except for the fact that her crush, Josh, thinks she’s more adorable than desirable. Annie is determined to set him straight on their school trip to Mexico. But her teacher has other plans: he needs Annie to help him find Cortez’s lost-long treasure.…
First what comes into your mind when you encounter and hear the word Magnum Opus. For me , first comes in my mind whenever I hear and encounter that word is All about Arts. Now , Let's define first "Magnum Opus" refers to the largest, and perhaps the best, greatest, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an artist.Sometimes the term magnum opus is used to refer to simply "a great work" rather than "the great work" of a specific person.In popular usage, the English-style plural magnum opuses may also be seen. Some reputable dictionaries such as the Oxford English Dictionary now regard magnum opuses as acceptable.The term magnum opus is distinguished in usage from "masterpiece" by a requirement that it is a work on a large scale, and by the absence of a requirement that it is generally regarded as among the creator's most successful works. The term Great Work (magnum opus) is a term used in Hermeticism and in certain occult traditions and religions such as Thelema.…