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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• 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 ...

• Word Count: 810
• 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. ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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

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. ...

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• Approx Pages: 42