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When the Hispaniola reached Treasure Island, Long John Silver appeared to believe that Captain Smollett was about to show him the actual map of the island, the one that Jim had found in Billy...
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In a sense, this is rather a puzzling question. Completing an assignment on this topic requires you to read a single extremely short paragraph that begins a work that is available for free via...
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Flags are important in Treasure Island because they represent the distinction between the men loyal to Captain Smollett and Squire Trelawney and those who are pirates. The distinction in question...
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Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story. Treasure Island is also an adventure novel. While its genre is technically historical fiction because its setting is the 1700s, Robert Louis Stevenson...
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The first few pages of Treasure Island give a fairly extensive physical and behavioral description of the man, whose name is revealed as Billy Bones, but who introduces himself simply as...
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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,...
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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...
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"The captain" is Billy Bones, a grizzled and unpleasant sailor who stays at the inn for months, falling far behind on payments for his boarding, and at this point in the story, has just died of...
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The "faithful party" refers to the members of the crew of the Hispaniola who can be trusted not to side with the pirates. Not counting Jim, since he is a boy, there are six men in the faithful...
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Captain Bones is said to have chosen the Benbow Inn because it is isolated and has few visitors. This is confided to Jim by Bones's porter, who accompanied him to the Inn when he first arrived, and...
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When the remaining pirates set off to find the treasure, Gunn, Gray, and Dr. Livesey realize they may not make it to the place where the treasure was originally buried in time to intercept the...
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This question is meant to be a subjective one, and no one can “give your view on the topic” but you. However, I can give you more information on the ways in which Treasure Island has influenced...
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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...
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There are elements of truth in each of the options, but C is the only correct answer. While Ben Gunn hints to Jim that he has already found the treasure, claiming that he's rich, Jim doesn't catch...
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Pew is a pirate, characterized by his blindness, cruelty, and the contradiction between his helplessness and aggression. According to Long John Silver in a later chapter, Silver lost his leg in the...
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Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. During the story, he is an adolescent boy, enduring many hardships before he even starts on his adventure. The first...
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Bones is a notorious drunkard, and carries himself, according to Jim, in the manner of someone who is accustomed to either being obeyed, or hitting people. He also tends to ignore or give nonverbal...
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This is described on the first page of Treasure Island. Jim Hawkins is telling the story as a flashback, because the old seaman's entry is the first conflict in the story. The seaman, whose name is...
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The stockade on the island proves to be an excellent protection and advantage for the others against the pirates because it is a sturdy fortification with only small openings for placing rifles...
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That's a tough question. Not because the book is boring, but because it is so full of exciting moments. Billy dies, and young Jim searches through his stuff and finds some documents. That's...
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Stevenson's "Treasure Island" has a couple of main conflicts that arise throughout the novel. There are other small conflicts scattered throughout, but naming all of them as your question implies...
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This is both a difficult and interesting question. It's difficult because of the wording you use. (The question is about The Bunker Diary, yet we are asked to focus on two other novels.)...
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I love this question because it is about one TRADITIONAL villain of children's literature (Long John Silver) and one NONTRADITIONAL villain of "children's literature" ("the man upstairs"). (I put...
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If we are discussing "the importance of place," then we are really talking about a setting that has two different facets: the setting of time and the setting of place. Since you have asked about...
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There are several places in the book that shows that Long John Silver is a ferocious person. But it is important to mention that he is a very nuanced character. For example, he quickly gains the...
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All good books have various conflicts - both major and minor. It is interesting that you want information on a minor conflict. Let me give you two of them. First, the main character, Jim Hawkins,...
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After having learned of a secret treasure on an island, the district squire named Trelawney makes the proposition of taking Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as the cabin boy, after the ship's...
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure story Treasure Island makes, as the question notes, a number of references to animals, and even uses animal names for some of his characters, most notably,...
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Abandoning Jim increases the suspense and allows for an alternate point of view. Narration refers to how a story is told, or the point of view. For most of Treasure Island, young Jim Hawkins is...
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Arguably one of the great adventure novels that have delighted boys especially, for generations, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island does contain some significant themes along with its...
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In children's literature, there is always a message for the reader to take away and so rebel characters can provide role models which children must decide to either emulate or reject. The reader...
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It is probably a mistake to inquire too deeply into the meaning of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. He wrote it mainly for the purpose of entertaining boys with a story involving treasure...
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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,...
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A tale of pirates, buried treasure, and colorful characters, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is one of literature's greatest adolescent adventure stories. It is told through the eyes of...
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Doctor Livesey is one of the primary characters in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and he is one of the "good guys" in this novel. Squire Trelawney has devised a plan to go and seek the...
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What forces Jim to grow up and mature very rapidly is the takeover of the ship that is launched by Long John Silver. In Chapter 10 it is detailed how Jim hides in a barrel, only to find himself...
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This is an interesting question to ponder. The answer has a lot to do with the type of story that this is. It is a juvenile adventure story, which was a flourishing genre in this particular...
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One example of Dr. Livesey’s presence of mind in a difficult situation is the way he responds to Billy Bones. It is easy to be frightened of the pirate Billy Bones, especially when he hauls off...
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Silver’s escape at the end of the story, and Jim’s attitude to this, reflect Silver’s importance as a character. Certainly he is cast as the main villain of the piece, but he is also the most...
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The guest is afraid of Dr. Livesey because the doctor does not back down. The new guest at the Admiral Benbow is a rough man. He is actually the pirate Billy Bones. He likes to drink, sing, and...
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The first response to this question might be the Jolly Roger (flag with skull and crossbones). Symbols are things or objects that represent a deeper meaning; so, bones and skulls on a black field...
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Jim, the protagonist of the novel, loses his own father early on in the story so it could be said that he is thereafter on the look-out for a substitute father-figure. Although Silver is a villain,...
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The answer to this question can be found in Chapter 5. Even though Pew is blind, he is the leader of the pirates. The pirates are searching the inn at Pew’s orders when their lookouts warn them...
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Billy Bones, the enigmatic scoundrel who appears at the beginning of Treasure Island, tells Jim and his father, "You mought call me captain" (Chapter 1). However, Billy Bones and Jim Hawkins are...
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*I had to edit your question down to one question (per eNotes policy). Man versus self conflicts in Treasure Island: One dominant man versus self conflict in Treasure Island concerns Jim's struggle...
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In reference to the conflict man vs. nature, this occurs when Jim Hawkins has to struggle to navigate the boat Hispaniolas to safety as well as the small boat owned by Ben Gunn. Also in Chapter 24,...
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Friendship "All the crew respected and even obeyed [Long John Silver]. He had a way of talking to each and doing everybody some particular service. To me he was unweariedly kind, and always glad to...
