Evolution of the Character Jim in Stevenson's Treasure Island

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Evolution of the Character Jim in Stevenson's Treasure Island

Everyone has two sides to their personality. Sometimes one side is displayed and other times the opposite side is displayed. In 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson created, Treasure Island. While some of the characters in this novel are extremely witty, and courageous; others are full of animosity, deceit, and greed. In this novel the main character shows all of these characteristics.

Jim Hawkins is introduced from the opening of the novel. Jim, who helps his mother at the Admiral Benbow Inn, finds a much-wanted treasure map. Telling only a selected few Jim, Dr. Livesey, Captain Smollett, Long John Silver, and the rest of the crew set off for Treasure Island. Once on the island all of the crew except Jim, Livesey, Smollett and three others turn to mutiny. The mutineers are lead by Long John Silver. After capsizing the ship, a small war, and many deaths Jim and several others escape the island quite a bit richer, leaving the remaining mutineers behind. Jim is a dynamic character who in the beginning is a hard working, pas...

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