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    when you dreamed of setting sail to quest for a secret treasure on a distant island with pirates? That is exactly what Jim Hawkins, a brave boy who experienced exciting adventures, did. He was thrown onto the road of self-discovery by the alcoholic and sea-chanty-singing Billy Bones to set sail to Treasure Island. Hawkins’ actions throughout the book tell readers a few things about him: He joins Doctor Livesey and others to quest for the treasure of Captain Flint, he expresses unique traits that…

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    Treasure Island Quotes

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    Treasure Island The setting of treasure island is set in two different places in the mid 18th century. The book starts at the Admiral Benbow, a small inn by the sea at Black Hill Cove in Bristol, England and treasure island, which is an island off the coast of Spanish America. I think that the significance of The Admiral Benbow Inn represents family, home, and Jim’s starting place. The Admiral Benbow Inn also represents Jim leaving his childhood behind and moving on, starting to grow up. Some…

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    Thematic Mapping History

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    Albane Valenzuela History 95N Thematic Maps and Maps as Products: A Social Story All maps tell stories that have either shaped or were shaped by history. During the age of exploration and discovery, cartography was primarily a political enterprise that helped the state assert its colonial and imperial endeavors by drawing the boundaries of newly claimed territories. Gradually, these topographic maps evolved into more specific, accessible objects. The numerous social,…

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    The first article is about how technology for treasure hunters have improved. The second article is how technology for hurricane hunters have improved. The third article is about how technology has advanced for people who explore looking for ancient civilizations. The most advanced technology for researchers today is the ones used for finding ancient civilizations. In the first article, we learn about how technology has advanced for treasure divers. This is valuable information to obtain.…

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    A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a beloved tale that people of all ages have loved for its emotional and moral appeal. It is a story focusing on the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy and cold-hearted money-lender, who is visited by four ghostly apparitions who convince him together to change his merciless ways. At the beginning of this tale, Scrooge does not recognize the effects of his greed, so the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take it upon themselves to show him how…

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    time with his dad. John became worried about him because he wasn't doing very well. Then his dad had another heart attack.He decided to put his dad in extended care facility. Before he moved his dad to the extended care facility, his dad gave him a map of the backyard and pointed to a shovel. When John started to dig in the right spot, he found all of his dad's coin collection. The next day he moved his dad in, and told him…

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    Minions Book

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    The book I read is called Minions based on the movie called Minions. This is a good book. This book is also funny, entertaining and good to read. I think people will really enjoy this book. If you have seen the movie Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2.In this book there will be three Minions and how they need to find a leader because they killed or destroyed their past leaders and they find a leader and that leader gives the minions one task and they do it and then they let her do what she wants…

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    Satire In Treasure Island

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    Topic Treasure Island is a novel that represents an era filled with different ways of life, households, laws, and conducts. Taking place in the mid 1700’s Treasure Island heavily examines the way of piracy, which is a prominent figure during this time period. Along with Piracy, there are certain aspects to the lifestyle such as conducts that are followed. Treasure Island introduces the reader to several conducts with in characters in the novel that are either reestablished or abandoned…

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    Treasure Island Code

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    Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a story about a young boy, Jim, who goes on an adventure to an island in search of a treasure. Along the way, he meets several different people who all practice different codes of conduct. Jim is greatly influenced by all of these people and their different forms of conduct and life. Throughout all his adventures, Jim grows up a great deal due to the many codes of conduct he experiences in his daily life. Although not all the codes he experiences…

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    Trites expresses that children’s literature “often affirms the child’s sense of self and personal power” and young adult literature has “protagonists explore where they fit in within structures of power such as family, school, government, …” (3). Treasure Island and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland fit into both of Trites’ descriptions of children’s and young adult’s literature. In both books, the protagonists, Alice and Jim, develop as individuals as they explore where they fit…

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