Have you ever met a real pirate? Here are some. They don't get much more real than Billy Bones, Black Dog, Blind Pew, Israel Hands ... oh! And Long John Silver-the pirate of pirates.
Well, alright, this isn't a true story, but the characters do seem to leap out of the pages alive, armed to the teeth and ready to go treasure hunting. The characters are not stereotyped and unrealistic, but are so skillfully portrayed that they live for us in our imagination. But I found, as I read this book, that although pirates can be murderous and treacherous, they can also be cowardly, superstitious, and easily led.
‘Treasure Island’ is a brilliant adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale about pirates and buried gold – the treasure. Jim Hawkins, the main protagonist and his mother and father run an inn called the 'Admiral Benbow.' One day an old sea dog (drunken seaman) comes in and tells Jim to warn him if a sea-faring man with one leg passes by through their inn. Then, one day an old blind beggar comes in and gives the sea dog the 'black spot.' Soon Jim loses his father and finds himself running for his life from the beggar's gang who are destroying the inn. Before he left, Jim takes the dead sea-dog's chest containing money and a treasure map. Along with some friends and a crew of sea men Jim sets out for Treasure Island.
Once on the island, the conflict grows and lot of stuffs start to happen-the finding of a wild man, a rebellion, missing treasure, and a few evil plots. Will Jim find the treasure before the pirates? This question remains as I move on through the story plot. It is also interesting to know how a bottle of rum and the desire for treasure leads the voyage of the pirates to a mysterious island.
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