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Question 11) Personally, I think the title fits the book because it's about a crew of sailors plus Jim Hawkins to an island to search for buried treasure. The island is introduced to us as skeleton island by the captain, "'Yes, sir Skeleton Island as they calls it. It was a main place for pirates once…'"(pg96) Jim starts calling it Treasure Island I think that's because the name "Skeleton Island" is quite formidable and doesn't sound like a place with lots of treasure, but the name " Treasure

In the book Treasure Island, there are two main characters, Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver, the pirate and leader of mutineers. They sound nothing alike in the beginning, the easily frightened Jim and the cunning and silver-tongued Long John Silver, but by the end of the story, the difference is not so profound as had been expected. This, including the fact that they are willing to do whatever it takes to get things done, even breaking a few rules. Jim Hawkins is the first character introduced

There is no single definition of children's literature. It can be defined broadly as anything that children read or more specifically as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novel, or drama. The focus of this essay will be the boyhood of Laurie in Little Women and boyhood of Jim in Treasure Island. These novels were written in different continents, which draw between British and American literary tradition in the 19th century. These novels are compared with respect to the type of adventure and relationship

So far in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the author introduces us tothe main character: a boy named Jim Hawkins. Jim’s father runs an inn called the Admiral Benbow, where all kinds of people come to eat and drink rum. A rowdy captain named Bill has taken residence in Jim’s house/inn, but, due to a severe stroke and drinking problem, Bill dies unexpectedly. In addition, Jim’s father dies just before Bill does, having been sick for a long time. After these two crucial deaths, Jim suddenly

anything else of value that could benefit their cause. They evaded prosecution because of the “wide-open sea and the impenetrable coastal mazes of reefs, inlets, and river-mouths, the pirates were able to escape the wrath of the law for several decades” (Kuhn, 2009; 2010, 29). Those who enter into this lifestyle were called pirates. Some of the most successful pirates whom their names are still spoken today and are idolized are Blackbeard, Black Bart, Captain Morgan, and Calico Jack just to name

The book Treasure Island, first takes place in England during the mid 1700s. As the novel continues, the setting changes from England to the port of Bristol, where Jim first meets Long John Silver for the first time. Once at the port of Bristol Jim, the doctor, and the rest of the crew venture to Treasure Island on the Hispaniola. There are four important characters in Treasure Island, they are Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney. Jim Hawkins is the narrator of

Set in eighteenth century England, Treasure Island by Robert Louis-Stevenson revolves around the narrator, Jim Hawkins, and his perilous search for buried treasure. Hawkins, a young and timid boy, lives in an inn owned by his family. For a period of several months, a pirate named Billy Bones stays at their inn, but eventually grows ill because of his overconsumption of rum. The buccaneer dies of a heart attack, and the same night, pirates ransack his room. Fortunately, Hawkins had already looked

Jim: The most important person in Treasure Island “ I’ll give you a piece of my mind. I’ve always liked you, I have, for a lad of spirit, and the picture of my own self when I was young and handsome.” Now, Long John Silver didn’t say that for nothing. In Treasure Island, Jim was a hard worker, and his work received positive feedback from all. Jim always wanted to do his best (not to forget do what he thought was right), and with that Jim also added another key part, which was also the basis of my

The main character in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is Jim Hawkins. Jim Hawkins is a young boy who has a lack of money and education. After an unruly guest and then his father die, Jim embarks on a journey to find an island that is supposedly full of treasure, but this journey will leave him scarred and changed forever. Jim is not a normal hero; he is simply full of luck to get out of certain situations. If the book had been from the ringleader of the pirate group on the ship, Long John

Never Lasting Reputation (Pages 198-218) I think that there is a good reason on why you should maintain the reputation of a legendary pirate rather than there being only one real person. I believe this because reputations should last for a long time. They should never disappear. When the real Dread Pirate Roberts decided to retire he wanted to keep his reputation going, so he passed down the name to his friend. Once he did this there was a fake Dread Pirate Roberts, but there was still the