Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins has just come back from a reconnaissance mission and has discovered a group of drunken pirates rampaging around the beach and smashing things up. In the meantime, the other men in his...

Jim faces many struggles in Treasure Island. Some of the conflicts are emotional, like carrying on in the face of his father’s absence or dealing with the trauma of watching people die aboard the...

The Black Spot is enough to send veteran pirate Billy Bones into a fatal downward spiral of a alcoholism. So what is it? The black spot is literally just that, a black spot. It consists of a round...

Long John Silver is one of those rare characters in fiction who seems always to have existed and who takes on an independent life outside the books. Fiction of the nineteenth and early twentieth...

Dr. Livesey takes over as the narrator of Treasure Island from chapters 16 to 18. Before and after this, it's Jim Hawkins who tells us what's happening in the story. The change of narrator allows...

At the introduction of Long John Silver's character, he is a very intimidating figure. However, he takes a liking to Jim early on. While he is an imposing force, he becomes somewhat fatherly...

Dr. Livesey is worried about fever, dysentery, and a lack of clean water. As chapter 16 opens, John Silver and the mutineers head for shore, leaving only six men on board. The captain, the doctor,...

Black Dog is a pirate most characterized by his unsettling physical appearance. He is missing two fingers on his left hand and sports a remarkably pale complexion, giving off a sinister demeanor...

After the climax, in which the pirates discover that the map did not lead them to the treasure and subsequently mutiny against the baffled Long John Silver, Treasure Island ends with the treasure...

One of the main problems in the story is that of Jim Hawkins's adolescence. As with any young adult, Jim finds himself caught uncomfortably between the worlds of childhood and adulthood. He's...

Because this question specifies about items taken from the chest before fleeing the inn, readers should look to chapter four. The captain has died, and nobody is willing to go back to the inn;...

Stevenson forewarns the readers that Jim's fantasies will turn tragic by using foreshadowing. A device used in literature to give hints to the reader about events that will occur later in the...

In Chapter 11 of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island, Israel Hands, Dick and Long John Silver are discussing the mutiny they are planning against Captain Smollett and those aboard the...

Jim cries at the captain's death because it is the second death he has ever known. He is still a child unaccustomed to mortality and danger, so experiencing two deaths in such a short period of...

DR. LIVESEY. The doctor dressed neatly with a powdered wig "as white as snow." He was well-mannered with "bright, black eyes" and regularly smokes a pipe. He is apparently more youthful than the...

The primary conflict in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is a simple one: Who will get to the buried treasure first? We never fully understand why Billy Bones never attempts to return for...

A spyglass was a kind of telescope used by pirates and sailors alike to spot dry land or to see any trouble that might be brewing in the distance. Such a name, then, is entirely appropriate for...

When he discovers that the pirates have killed Alan, Tom declares that the dead man was "a true seaman" and challenges Long John Silver to kill him as well. He says that he no longer regards Silver...

We know for sure that Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, Treasure Island, took place some time during the 18th century, though the author does not specify an exact date. In his narration,...

Although it would have enhanced the story of his life and his legacy as a pirate to die a pirate's death in a hand-to-hand battle aboard ship, in search of buried treasure, or with "a knife in the...

A story's climax is a key turning point in the story and the moment in the story when the conflict is at its peak. Treasure Island has various conflicts going on, but the main conflict is centered...

In chapter 11, "What I heard in the apple barrel," Jim is hiding in the barrel when he overhears Long John Silver recruiting the crew to mutiny and become his "pirates." Silver first uses flattery,...

The age of Jim Hawkins is never specified in the text, but it can be assumed that he is in his early teenage years. After all, Jim is hired on the Hispaniola as a cabin boy, and the average age of...

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island follows the pursuit of Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper, and a crew of seamen as they search for the buried treasure of the dead pirate Captain Flint....

The men on the hunt for the treasure are in a fight because there has been a mutiny on board the Hispaniola. The two groups are fighting because Captain Smollett and his men are trying to survive,...

If you are asking for a thesis statement, I am assuming you are going to be writing an essay. I am going to make some suggestions for thesis statements that you could then develop into interesting...

Billy Bones is singing a sea chanty, a rhythmic work or drinking song. In this case, it’s drunken accompaniment to his odd comings and goings. As he is a mysterious character, Jim can’t help but...

I think there are similarities between the leadership styles. Any sea captain is going to rule both by fear and respect. There is not too much difference between the pirate and the legitimate...

In Treasure Island, the first pirate to receive a "black spot" is Billy Bones. Blind Pew gives him the spot as a sign that he must share the treasure map with the other pirates, on pain of death....

Part IV refers to the first sign of mutiny aboard the Hispaniola (Chapter XVI, "Narrative Continued by the Doctor--How the Ship was Abandoned") when the pirates make their move against the men...

Chapter 18 opens with both the crew and the mutineers racing toward the stockade. After a skirmish that leaves one dead on either side of the conflict, Captain Smollett and the crew occupy the...

From the beginning, Captain Smollett is suspicious the crew hired for the adventure. He appears perpetually angry to Jim Hawkins, and both Jim and the reader quickly learn this is due to the man's...

A fearsome sailor with a scar on his cheek takes up residence at the Admiral Benbow Inn, which is owned by Jim's parents. The sailor avoids company, and Jim soon understands that he is afraid of...

Jim Hawkins displays considerable bravery and maturity throughout the story, but one particularly notable example comes in Chapter 12. The good ship Hispaniola is about to reach the fabled treasure...

Jim is a scrappy, tenacious character throughout the story Treasure Island. He shows many times that he is both intelligent and very cool under pressure. The first instance that shows this, which...

There many times when Jim exhibits bravery. One example, from the beginning of the book, comes when Jim and his mother decide to search Silver's sea chest. Jim is the one who, despite "strong...

The action-packed adventure novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson tells of the discovery of a treasure map followed by a sea voyage to a remote island holding hidden pirate treasure. The...

The conflict between Captain Smollett and Squire Trelawney is found in chapter nine of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The squire has hired the captain for a treasure-seeking journey,...

Jim is watching events carefully as the ship anchors at Treasure Island. He knows that the sailors are planning to mutiny from what he has heard as well as from their complaints and attitude toward...

In chapter 28, Jim is captured by the pirates, who want to kill him for his part in thwarting their plans. Long John Silver is among them and hears Jim speak boldly, saying that if they spare his...

In Treasure Island, Captain Billy Bones' exclamation "comes to swinging, swing all, say I" is an abbreviation of what was then a very common idiom normally in the form "to swing for something,"...

Blind Pew, the evil old pirate and dispenser of the notorious black spot, meets his unfortunate end beneath the hooves of the law officers' horses. It's somewhat appropriate that this career...

The thrilling novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson tells of an adventurous voyage to a secret island with the intent of finding hidden pirate treasure. As the story begins, "the brown...

The famous adventure novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson involves the discovery of a treasure map and a voyage in search of pirate treasure. At the beginning, an old pirate arrives at...

The hard-drinking captain Billy Bones was obviously well past his prime when he made his first appearance at the Admiral Benbow Inn. He drank rum constantly, and after his short bout with Black...

Captain Smollett's ship, the Hispaniola, has been bought by Squire Trelawney for the forthcoming voyage. However, Smollett is decidedly uneasy about the whole venture. For one thing, he doesn't...