Honors English Period 4 May 12‚ 2014 Treasure Island Book Review Treasure Island is classic a pirate tale written by acclaimed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story is about a young man named Jim Hawkins and his quest for the legendary treasure of “Captain Flint”‚ a notorious pirate of the seven seas. The story is narrated and told through the perspective of Jim Hawkins. The treasure of Captain Flint is located on Treasure Island‚ a place every pirate wants to go. The story
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In the novel Treasure Island‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ a young boy named Jim Hawkins must battle against a group of mutineers on an island‚ risking the life of himself and his friends‚ in order to be the first to find Captain Flint’s hidden treasure. The characters’ decisions and traits in Treasure Island demonstrate the theme of greed. Greed is a constant and inordinate craving‚ want‚ or desire for money or possessions; solely for the interests and pleasures of oneself that is often times
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Treasure Island Rob Johnson May‚ 2012 About the Author Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland and died December 3rd‚ 1894 in Vailima‚ Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six‚ Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in
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Compare and contrast the depiction of fatherhoods in Little Women and Treasure Island. When discussing fatherhood in relation to both novels‚ we see that in both‚ the father is either primarily absent or irrelevant to the plot. The element of fatherhood comes from the characters designed to replace or substitute the absent or lost fathers. Treasure Island finds two figures available for Jim to form a paternal relationship‚ and the moral juxtaposition they present has as much to do with Jim growing
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ClassicNote on Treasure Island Table of Contents Biography of Stevenson‚ Robert Louis (1850-1894)............................................................................................1 About Treasure Island...........................................................................................................................................3 Character List ............................................................................................................................
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island: A Good Man Imagine yourself alone on an island. You’re scared‚ and the only thing you have for defense is a gun. Then‚ you see a man in the distance. People have told tales about cannibals before‚ and this person in the distance isn’t anyone you’ve seen before. What would you do? That is exactly the situation Jim Hawkins found himself in in the novel Treasure Island. Jim was brave enough to walk towards this man. Therefore‚ along with being brave‚ a good
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Jim Hawkins’ development in Treasure Island Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson is an adventure story about a young man‚ Jim Hawkins‚ and his journey as he searches for treasure with pirates. Although only a child‚ Jim Hawkins matures and shows many signs of independency due to his experiences with pirates at sea throughout the novel. The first half of the novel demonstrates Jim’s reliance on the people around him‚ and what provokes him into maturing; the second half of the novel begins to show
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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in his book‚ Treasure Island‚ “Standing on the dock‚ I started talking to another man passing the time. He told me he was a former sailor‚ but now kept an inn in Bristol. Now that his health was not as good on land‚ he was looking for a job as a cook on a ship.” At this point in the book‚ Treasure Island‚ by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ Squire Trelawney is writing to Dr. Livesey about the person he hired to be the cook on the Hispaniola‚ the ship that Squire Trelawney‚ Dr
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Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure tale that deals with greed and a central theme of good versus evil (bad guys versus good guys). “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other‚ or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” (Matthew 6:24) Once the main character Jim Hawkins leaves his boring life at the Inn‚ the book becomes very fast paced and more exciting which is due to the main characters sense of
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My favorite British writer and his famous book ’Treasure Island’ My favorite famous British writer is Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ in 1850. Robert went to Edinburgh University to study law. Later on he decided that he wanted to be a writer‚ not a lawyer. In his early 20s he became ill with a chest problem. He suffered from this for the rest of his life. He moved from place to place‚ trying to find a suitable climate. In 1880 Robert married an American
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