How Does John Silver's Character Change Throughout The Novel

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In the book Treasure Island Long John Silver seems to change a lot. He goes from being the villain to the hero in the course of just one page. From being described as a seafaring man to an intelligent and smiling, clean and pleasant-tempered man, Silver seems to change from good to bad to good multiple times in the book. Scenes that portray the two faced man are when Jim is in the apple barrel and Silver goes off about killing Jims friends, when Silver tells Jim he truly cares about him, another scene that show this is when Jim runs off into the island and Silver calls out for him, as well as the scene when When Silver first comes into the picture he seemed to be this nice guy who Jim seems to really like, but then he seems to take a turn when Hawkins heard Silver talking about killing Livesey and the others while in the apple barrel. This shows a sudden change in in the mind set of Silver, as he was never portrayed to look this way before. This was the first scene where the double faced personality of Silver was shown. As Jim climbs into the apple barrel he overhears a conversation with Silver and the other crew members about planning to murder Livesey as well as all of Jim's other friends. Another …show more content…

This at first seems as a good motive but it was obvious that Silver had something else in mind. Silver starts off with a pretense as he wants Livesey and Jim to give him the treasure map. As much as this may seem to be a kind hearted act from silver he just wants to do whatever it takes to get his hands on the treasure map. At first this action may seem harmless but Silver wanted the treasure map so he could keep all the treasure and money for himself. This just shows how vain Silver is and what his true motives actually are. The voyage home was just a pretense for Long John, as all he wanted was to have wealth like any other

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