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    Disney filmmakers took on when producing Treasure Planet from the previously written Treasure Island. From the captivating storyline of Stevenson’s novel, Treasure Island, to the animated plot of Disney’s film, Treasure Planet, many intriguing comparisons can be made between the characters, themes, and settings. Throughout Treasure Island, character relationships and personalities are more deeply developed and explained. The themes and settings of Treasure Island are also more captivating due to…

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    classic novel Treasure island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and adapted into two films in 1934 and 2002 have two themes shown effectively, those themes are Exploration and crime . In this essay I will be showing you how the themes of exploration and crime are shown throughout treasure planet and i will explain some other minor themes like greed. The movie treasure planet is a very different movie because in the book there in a clear adventure and nautical feel but treasure planet is…

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    and still get tossed around to this day. The romanticized version of piracy, the novel Treasure Island they life of piracy is much different from what it actually was like according to the factual information packet about pirates/pirating/piracy. First off, pirates were well known for looting ships and making people walk the plank. In the novel Treasure Island, it talks about a ship headed to treasure island but some of the members are planning a mutiny. The other crew members who are not…

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    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…

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    I n the story Treasure Island, within chapter 20, Captain Smollett was offered two deals which were hard to choose from. One of the deals was to stop fighting, hand over the map, and make sure the treasure is on the ship. Once Silver is notified that the treasure is safely on the ship, he will be willing to drop Captain Smollett’s men off somewhere safe. The other deal is known to be that the fighting stops, the map is handed over and Silver will leave without them. He makes a promise that he…

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    thoughts. Third, a dynamic term is a changing or developing character. Last, a static term is a character who remains essentially the same throughout the story. In the next paragraph I will give an example of a flat term character. In the story “Treasure Island”, by Robert Louis Stevenson, the flat character would be Jim’s mother. Jim’s mother is in the story to show readers that his mom is there and she cares. Although Jim’s mother doesn’t play a big part in the story, she is still needed for…

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    We had to get a quick breakfast so we ate McDonald's and headed on our way. It was long and tiring, but we made it there around 6:00 pm. We checked out the sites and stayed at the Treasure Island which was 49$ a night. Day 4: We had a great time in Vegas because when we hit the slots and we won 2,000 dollars that night. Next place was off to Salt Lake City Utah which is 420 miles exactly. For lunch we stopped off at Subway which costed…

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    The story of Treasure Island was a novel written in the early 1880s by Robert Louis Stevenson and was published by a company in London known as Cassell and Company. The story was inspired by Robert’s step-son, Lloyd Osbourne, when he drew a treasure map with Robert. The map itself inspired Robert to make the story of a boy named Jim Hawkins and his adventure to the location of a long lost treasure that belonged to notorious pirate legend, Captain Flint. Flint and his treasure was inspired by a…

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    thematic statements in his novel Treasure Island. The thematic monologue “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who owned also ran a motel called the Inn with his mom. One day a pirate walks into the Inn asking for some other pirate and after that day one thing let to another. At this point Jim’s voyage started, to find treasure on a island with a hole crew of men that were trusted and some being…

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    Oak Island Research Paper

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    Mystery, treasure, and death are some words used to describe Oak Island, a 140 acre island off the south shore of Nova Scotia. What makes this island so mysterious you ask? Well what about its artificial man-made beach, or its triangle-shaped forest, or even better, Nolan’s cross which is a natural formation of boulders forming a cross. But the biggest mystery of Oak Island is the infamous “Money Pit”. Past Excavations It was said that in 1795 a teenager saw strange lights coming from an…

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