Treasure Island

Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, is about a boy named Jim Hawkins who goes on a search for Flint’s buried treasure. Jim Hawkins goes on this journey with Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney, and they hire hands to help them. John Silver—a one-legged pirate also in search for this treasure—joins the crew as well, unfortunately. The other members of the crew, that they hired, planned mutiny. A battle between the pirates and Jim’s party takes place once they reach the island. There are many interesting conflicts, betrayals, and situations going on throughout the novel.

This story takes place during the eighteenth century in Near Bristol, England, and Treasure Island, which is an island off the coast of “Spanish America”. The exact date of the story is unknown since the author didn’t reveal it, but we know it was in the 1700’s because Jim Hawkins stated in the beginning “…in the year of grace 17--…” Some things that are interesting and could help find a more correct date of the setting of the novel is that it might have been taking place from references to real men. Like Admiral Edward Hawke (1705-1781) and Admiral John Benbow (1653-1702). Benbow was the name of Jim’s family inn. The story suggested that England is at war with France, which took place in 1740-1763, when the story took place. When Robert Louis Stevenson was about to publish Treasure Island, his father noted that on the map, the date that the treasure was buried was in 1750. This was the same date that the notorious treasure was buried on Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands. During the time when the book was being published (1883), the Krakatoa volcano erupts. This volcano killed 36,000 people!

The main narrator of Treasure Island is Jim Ha...

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... kill Jim, even though he was wounded. Hands was wounded on his leg, and he could hardly walk. However, when Jim went downstairs to get Hands some wine, he saw Hands take a knife and hid it in his jacket. Hands wanted to kill Jim, even though he was hurt. He even climbed up the moat with the knife in his mouth, even though he was in great pain. In this world, there are many bad people who would do almost anything to get rid of whatever is in their way.

Jim Hawkins in the main narrator in the novel Treasure Island who strives to live. He goes on this journey with Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney, and they hire a crew to help them. The battle between the pirates and Jim’s party that took place once they reach the island showed how people can turn against you in an instant. Treasure Island showed many interesting conflicts, and issues that Jim Hawkins had to solve.