Treasure Island

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after that Billy Bones, the pirate staying at the inn, dies as well. After the death of his father, Jim finds himself searching for a role model to fill the void he now feels. He meets a lot of men who he thinks can fill that void. He meets the squire who is a planner and full of adventure, Captain Smollett has all of the characteristics of a good leader, and Dr. Livesey is very professional and has a good head on his shoulders. All of these men have good, upholding values that anyone would consider excellent characteristics. Then there is Long John Silver who is the complete opposite of the rest of the men because he is conniving, manipulative, two-faced, and a pirate. At first, Silver seemed like a good person and Jim began to look up to him and follow him around like a little puppy solely based on Jims’ first impressions of Silver. Further in the book though, Silver starts to show his true colors. Jim finds out, by overhearing a conversation between Silver and his ...

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the book would have no real plot because most of the adventures in this book are derived from greed. All of the men want and desire the treasure they are so desperately pining over and they go to great lengths to find this treasure because all of the men are consumed with greed. They have greed for the treasure and they also have greed for the adventure to find the missing treasure. Throughout the book there are many examples of greed.
One example is Billy Bones who is the pirate that stays at Jim’s parents’ inn. Billy Bones is the owner of the treasure map and tries desperately to keep the map for himself so he does not have to share the treasure with anyone else. He keeps the ...

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