Ultimately, a raging battle takes place on the island where Jim and his friends must outwit the pirates who are led by the one-legged Long John Silver. ... Of course, nobody can be trusted - especially the cook, Long John Silver. ... Stevenson wonderfully portrays the characters of young Jim Hawkins, the hero of the book, the fabled Long John Silver, Billy Bones and Ben Gunn. ... The adventure to and finally on Treasure Island is filled with secret meetings, battle scenes and a quest to find a long since buried fortune in gold. ... The swashbuckling adventures of Long John Silver and his men...

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• Grade Level: High School

The title of this book is Treasure Island. ... There were many characters in this story but the most substantial were; Jim Hawkins the cabin boy, Long John Silver the captain, David Livesey the ships doctor, Pew the blind-beggar; and John Trelawney the owner of the ship. ... So they told Jim where he could find a man of that caliber by the name of Long John Silver. ... He went up to the man and said, "Long John"? ... Long John wasn't too thrilled about the idea of treasure hunting (since he had had bad experiences treasure hunting), but he agreed to it any ways. ...

• Word Count: 764
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The title of this book is Treasure Island. ... There were many characters in this story but the most substantial were; Jim Hawkins the cabin boy, Long John Silver the captain, David Livesey the ships doctor, Pew the blind-beggar; and John Trelawney the owner of the ship. ... So they told Jim where he could find a man of that caliber by the name of Long John Silver. ... He went up to the man and said, "Long John"? ... Long John wasn't too thrilled about the idea of treasure hunting (since he had had bad experiences treasure hunting), but he agreed to it any ways. ...

• Word Count: 764
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

During the voyage, Jim's discovery of plans for a mutiny led by Long John Silver, the ship's cook, helps to save the expedition. After a prolonged struggle, Long John Silver's mutineers take the boy hostage and then begin to search for the treasure on the island, but they unearth only an empty chest. Both Jim and Long John Silver are rescued from the enraged pirates and led to the treasure by Ben Gunn, a half-wild sailor who had been marooned on the island for many years. ... The quest theme suggests several levels of meaning: Jim gains knowledge of himself, an understanding of ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Treasure Island features a calamity from human sources. ... In "Treasure Island", Long-John Silver could be said to be an older version of Jim Hawkins (Shmoop 1). ... John Silver, like any proper pirate, is cruel and opportunistic. ... John Silver shows that there is sometimes more to it than mindless self-indulgence. ... Long John Silver, though cruel and opportunistic, was not a mindless savage, but an intelligent and thoughtful gentleman. ...

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• Has Bibliography

Out at sea, he realizes too late that the crew contains none other then the infamous Long John Silver and his crew of Pirates. ... The main characters of the story are Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones, Blind Pew, Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey, Captain Flint, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett, and Ben Gunn. ... Squire's role in the story in the story is that he funds the secret treasure hunt, but due to his big mouth he lets he secret out, alerting Long John Silver and his pirate mates. ... Long John Silver lost his leg near the hip, so under the left shoulder he uses a crutch. ... He is immed...

• Word Count: 3173
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Especially his decision not to run away from John Long Silver. ... One of his big mistakes was a hiring of John Long Silver. ... Long John Silver: He is an old sailor cook, the leader of the pirates and one of Jim's friends. ... Besides other things there is a map of Captain John Flint's treasure island. ... Several weeks later Trelawney wants to find a good crew for his voyage and he hires Long John Silver. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Long John Silver is the one main villain in Treasure Island. ... Silver is a very complex character, hiding his true intentions from Squire Trelawnay, and most of the other crew. Nonetheless, Silver is without question the most vital and charismatic character in the novel. ... Unlike Bilbo, Jim Hawkins, the main character of Treasure Island, moves quickly from a frightened boy, to a courageous, mature man. ... Long John Silver is the villain in Treasure Island, but he influences Jim very much along his path. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Coral Island by R.M. ... Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and the feature film Cast Away directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. ... Firstly the use of characters and symbolism in Lord of the Flies, secondly camera work and dialogue in Cast Away, and finally plot and first-person narration in Treasure Island. Lord of the Flies, written in the early 1950s by William Golding, has long been a heavily studied text, partly for the perfection and purpose with which Golding writes and partly for...

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To present his theory, Swift places humans (Yahoos) and horses (Houyhnhnms) on a secluded island. ... (Barron's) The main character of Gulliver's Travels is Lemur Gulliver. ... They share the island with the human-like Yahoos. ... Gold, silver, diamonds, and precious metals are extremely valuable materials that mankind desire. ... John Locke wrote: "?...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

A strong social ethic, continued from the Victorian times of Dickens and Disraeli, began increasingly to influence the political character of the country and its institutions. ... Poetry to 1945 Queen Victoria died in 1901, but most of the certainties of the Victorian age had disappeared long before. ... The language mix reflects a sense that there is no longer a fixed language of poetry just as there is no longer one English. ...

• Word Count: 10566
• Approx Pages: 42