You May Lay To That: Honor In Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson

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First published in serial format in 1881-82 and then in book form in 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island has become a worldwide classic (Works of Robert Louis Stevenson). The story of a boy who gets mixed up with a gang of pirates, it has been read by generations of eager children and has been adapted into movie form a half-dozen times. As is the case with all classic literature, the question arises as to why this particular work has endured when others, perhaps just as well-written, have been forgotten. In the case of Treasure Island, many elements combined to make it a popular classic to this day. It is a coming-of-age story, a hero’s journey, and a saga of pirates, the fascinating outlaws of the sea.

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Jim also resembles the Long John Silver from treasure island in a sense because he is very close with Huck like long john sliver with the young boy Jim. They both teach the young boys what they knew helped them out respected them. But long john sliver was more a anti hero in a sense when Jim was more always good to Huck but they

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Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is about a young boy that happens across a treasure map due to some peculiar circumstances. Before he stumbles across this, however, he had to deal with “the captain”. Billy Bones, also known as the captain, showed up one day to the Admiral Benbow. And that is when young Jim Hawkin’s journey began. Some refer to the meaning of this adventure as Jim’s journey to becoming a man.

Pirates in movies are depicted as having a great bond. After all, crews spends months at a time together on a ship with only each other and the ocean. However, many crews, friendships, and even families can be torn apart by a simple, deadly killer: greed. In the nineteenth century novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, the protagonist Jim, a young boy from Bristol, England, meets pirate Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the family 's inn, leading Jim to the treasure map hidden in the Captain’s chest. With the help of a local doctor and lord, the three round up a crew and a ship to sail to the hidden treasure on the map.