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    Treasure Planet/ Treasure Island comparative essay Although Treasure Island is the original story, Disney Treasure Planet is the superior story. Treasure Planet did more with its version of the story than Treasure Island. Treasure Island is a much longer story but it doesn’t keep it interesting. The characters, setting, plot, and themes are more fascinating and entertaining. The characters in Treasure Planet are given a lot more thought and detail. They are turned into slimy ugly aliens.

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    must have some very important qualities and Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, Treasure Island, consists of many of these qualities. For a novel to become a classic, it must consist of events that always keep you on the edge of your seat and wonder what is next, a never stop character trait, and most importantly, it must have to do with our History. All of these qualities are in Stevenson’s book, Treasure Island. Treasure island has many events throughout the whole book that keep you on the edge of your

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    Courage can lead to change in individuals. That person could do something differently after courage changes them in a way. This happens in two books called “The Giver” and “Treasure Island.” In the novel, “The Giver” made by Lois Lowry, Jonas has showed courage throughout the story. An example of Jonas showing courage was when he took the pain away from the Giver after he was suffering from the warfare memories. It says on page 149, “Unless maybe there’s something I can do to help.” Jonas said after

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    Robert Louis Stevenson Uses His Novel Treasure Island to Present the Crisis in Masculinity and Fears Regarding Degeneration in Victorian Britain During the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901, there were certain social expectations that the each gender was expected to conform to. Women were expected to look after the marital home and family and also engage in philanthropic activities; men were expected to provide for the family, whilst also pursuing a social life (Hughes, n,d ). It was at

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    for advice. Dr. Livesey suggests that the map is for an island where a pirate named Captain Flint buried treasure. Trelawney then plans the expedition by buying a ship, and hiring the crew members, Long John Silver and Captain Smollett, who says most of the crew is untrustworthy. When the ship is sailing, all is well until Jim hears Silver’s plans for a mutiny. Jim tells the captain and other crew members about this. When they land at the island,

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    Gender and Children’s Novels: How Treasure Island Promotes Gender Inequality Reading novels is an experience unlike any other. With the crack of a new book, the reader is transported into the pages, into a new land, ready to take on the role of protagonist. Each little girl has the chance to be a pirate-fighting hero, each little boy able to become the doting husband. If that sentence sounds strange, it is because society has socialized individuals to gender any and all activities, reading included

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    Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, possesses an innocence and idealism as he sets off on a voyage for treasure; Jim fights against the Pirates to survive, leaving him with a new realistic knowledge and experience of the world. Jim first experiences the death of his father; then in the same time frame, he loses Billy Bones. After Billy Bones death, Jim discovers a treasure map, he, the doctor and the Squire set off to find the treasure. When Jim first meets Long John Silver

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    the “The Mysterious Treasure of the Unlucky Pirate” and “The Abandoned Children of Wailing Wood” the first one talks about a pirate named captain kidd a pirate who was first a merchant and then started stealing and got mad while stealing and killed a guy with a steel bucket and then his crew stole his boat and he chased them and buried his treasure while doing it and then he went there and got hanged because of killing that guy with a bucket but did not tell where the treasure was. The next story

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    Some of you may have heard that the Disney corporation is responsible for at least one real, "live" Ghost Town. Disney built the "Treasure Island" resort in Baker's Bay in the Bahamas. It didn't START as a ghost town! Disney's cruise ships would actually stop at the resort and leave tourists there to relax in luxury. This is a FACT. Look it up. Disney blew $30,000,000 on the place... yes, thirty million dollars. Then they abandoned it. Disney blamed the shallow waters (too shallow for their

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    Treasure Island is about more than an isle of riches, but the sense of adventure is almost palpable. Imagine being young and just trying to figure out the puzzle of life. Having someone to model off of or look up to is important, and that is a key point to this story. Following through with any commitment is primary. Having an obligation to complete the duty that is delegated. Drugs and alcohol are a huge factor in this story. The men with this addiction have a negative effect on a young boy such

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