Jim Hawkins Character Essay

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Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver have had a complex relationship throughout the book. They have, despite all they have been through, always been loyal to each other from the moment they had met. This has since, shown that both characters change dramatically, developing into new people and acting different ways. But what exactly has changed in them so surpassingly, that shapes them into different people? They do, however, have differences and similarities, the things that make them who they are and determine how they act. These two prime characters not only enrapture the readers into a world of treasure, pirates, and ships but into a novel that accentuates the importance of character development.
At the start of this adventure, Jim Hawkins is a scared, introverted, and submissive boy. He does not socialize with people outside his home, the Admiral Benbow, and quite a silent person. He is first …show more content…

Jim has been brave, bold, and adaptive since his adventure had begun. Countless times, Jim has proven himself to be a dominant character. He surprisingly confronts Long John Silver and the rest of the mutineers, informing them about his current actions, " if you want to know who did it—it was I!.... as for the schooner, it was I who cut her cable, and it was I that killed the men you had aboard of her, and it was I who brought her where you’ll never see her more, not one of you. ", showing once again, his courageous spirit and bravery. Long John Silver, however, doesn't have such positive attributes. He is seen as devious, mischevious, and even manipulative; presenting him as the antagonist many times. The monumental moment of his antagonism was when he cruelly murders Tom, " Whether he were injured much or little, none could ever tell. Like enough, to judge from the sound, his back was broken on the spot....was on the top of him next moment and had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenseless

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