The conflicts that occur in Treasure Island, such as treasure and good versus evil help depict the development of Jim Hawkins. The main conflict of the novel centers around the major theme of treasure, which in the beginning of the novel motivates the party to sail to Skeleton Island; however, once the party reaches the island the treasure losses momentum as a theme due to developing maturity of Hawkins and the coming mutiny. Continuing, once the mutiny occurs and Hawkins is separated from the Captain and Squire he is seeks solace in Benn Gunn. Shockingly however, Benn Gunn proves to be more valuable to Jim than the treasure at that moment in time due to Gunn’s knowledge pertaining to the island. As Hawkins realizes the treasure is invaluable
