Treasure+Island


 * Treasure Island by: Robert Louis Stevenson**



//**THE SETTING**// The setting of this book takes place in Benbow, in the period of the 1700's or 18th century if you will. They go to an island which is known as none other than Treasure Island. There is places in this book where the pirates go around the island a few of the places are, "Spyglass Hill", "Miggenmast Hill", "Haulbowline Head", and "Skeleton Island".

Some of the characters that are in this book include, Jim Hawkins the boy who tells the story, Jim's Mother, Billy Bones a pirate called the Captain, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney both the Doctor and the Squire are friends of Jim that go with him to Treasure Island, Black Dog a strange visitor, Pew a blind man, Long John Silver the one-legged pirate, Captain Smollett the Captain of the Hispaniola, Ben Gunn the man of Treasure Island. The Sailors of the Hispaniola are Arrow, Israel Hands, Redruth, Hunter, Joyce and Gray.
 * // THE CHARACTERS //**

The plot of this story is Blackbeard now a dead pirate was in a hospital bed waiting to get better so he could tell someone about the treasure, tells Jim that there is a treasure on Treasure Island, well as Blackbeard lay there dying he hands Jim a treasure map. Jim then goes to his best friends the Doctor and the Squire and tells them about it then they start planning out a date to set sail. All of the Sailors set up a meeting and get a ship to sail with, then set sail to the island. But little do the good guys know there are bad guys that are sailing with them such as Long John Silver, Arrow and Israel Hands. These members were on the last voyage looking for the treasure and could never ever find it.
 * // THE PLOT //**

**RECOMMENDATIONS** I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes adventures and likes old fashioned books. This is a very good book both inside and out its a very entertaining book. If you’re looking for a book that is cool for a book written in the 1800s this is it as well as many other classics of the sort.

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By: Ryan Heisey