The story of the famed outlaw of the American west, Jesse James has been retold time and time again. Each time history seems to be a little kinder to this well-known bank robber. The story of pirates is a similar one; they have gone from being terrors of the high seas to household names in children’s cartoons. While pirates are criminals and outlaws, it was appropriate for Robert Louis Stevenson to idealize pirates; Society always romanticizes the outlaw.
Stevenson never justified what the pirates did. The pirates were necessary to add conflict to a coming of age story. Every story has a protagonist (Jim) and an antagonist (The pirates) the job of the antagonist is to force the protagonist to change and grow. From the start the pirates force
Stevenson never justified what the pirates did. The pirates were necessary to add conflict to a coming of age story. Every story has a protagonist (Jim) and an antagonist (The pirates) the job of the antagonist is to force the protagonist to change and grow. From the start the pirates force