In the second half of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the protagonist Jim Hawkins has hugely evolved as a character. To start, the main obstacle in the story has largely changed from when Jim first set sail on the Hispaniola. In the beginning, I predicted that the problem Jim would face in the story would simply be finding Captain Flint’s buried treasure, the title of the book being Treasure Island. Towards the middle of the book, the true issue in the plot became clear: to escape the greedy and murderous mutineers. Finally, at the end of the book, I realized that the true problem was not only to escape the mutineers, but also to keep the treasure out of the greedy hands of John Silver.
After Jim meets Ben Gunn, he finds the captain, …show more content…
This is seen through the fact that Jim’s friends will do anything to help him escape from the captivity of the mutineers and to escape the island. The text on page 280 states, “‘Jim,’ the doctor interrupted, and his voice was quite changed, ‘Jim, I can’t have this. Whip over, and we’ll run for it.’” This fragment from Jim and the doctor’s short conversation shows that the doctor and his friends are desperate for him to escape the mutineers so they can sail away and maroon John Silver. Another example of the main obstacle in the plot is shown on page 304, where all of Jim’s friends come to help keep the pirates at bay. The book states, “Before you could wink, Long John had fired two barrels of a pistol into the struggling Merry… At the same moment the doctor, Gray, and Ben Gunn joined us, with smoking muskets, from among the nutmeg trees. ‘Forward!’ cried the doctor.” In this scene, Jim is in the captivity of the mutineers, who are dumbfounded by the missing treasure. At a sudden moment, the doctor, squire, and all of Jim’s friends come in to save him from the furious and greedy pirates who were ready to attack John Silver and Jim. This shows that the main problem at the end of the book is not only to escape John Silver and his henchmen, but also to keep the enormous treasure out of their hands.
To conclude, the plot of Treasure Island and
After Jim meets Ben Gunn, he finds the captain, …show more content…
This is seen through the fact that Jim’s friends will do anything to help him escape from the captivity of the mutineers and to escape the island. The text on page 280 states, “‘Jim,’ the doctor interrupted, and his voice was quite changed, ‘Jim, I can’t have this. Whip over, and we’ll run for it.’” This fragment from Jim and the doctor’s short conversation shows that the doctor and his friends are desperate for him to escape the mutineers so they can sail away and maroon John Silver. Another example of the main obstacle in the plot is shown on page 304, where all of Jim’s friends come to help keep the pirates at bay. The book states, “Before you could wink, Long John had fired two barrels of a pistol into the struggling Merry… At the same moment the doctor, Gray, and Ben Gunn joined us, with smoking muskets, from among the nutmeg trees. ‘Forward!’ cried the doctor.” In this scene, Jim is in the captivity of the mutineers, who are dumbfounded by the missing treasure. At a sudden moment, the doctor, squire, and all of Jim’s friends come in to save him from the furious and greedy pirates who were ready to attack John Silver and Jim. This shows that the main problem at the end of the book is not only to escape John Silver and his henchmen, but also to keep the enormous treasure out of their hands.
To conclude, the plot of Treasure Island and