Treasure IslandEssay title: Treasure IslandIn Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson uses heroic role models, motifs, and symbols to show how detrimental greed is.I. IntroductionII. Coming of ageIII. MotifsSolitudeAnimalsThe Color BlackIV. SymbolsThe Treasure MapThe CoracleV. ConclusionCody Brightwell Brightwell 2English IVMrs Hanchey3/27/06Treasure IslandIn Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson uses coming of age, motifs, and symbols to show how detrimental greed is in his novel. Through his coming of age theme he brings a new light to how a person becomes a man. Stevenson as well uses motifs to represent different things such as animals and different colors. Also Stevenson uses Symbols to show the audience exactly what he pictured in his mind when he wrote his novel. These themes truly bring the book to a new light. He also wants to show the reader the consequences of greed, and what devastating affects it can have on ones you love and trust.
One of the most prominent themes in Treasure Island is coming of age. We see that in the beginning of the novel Jim is just a normal boy living with his parents in their inn. However by the time the novel is concluded, Jim is a young boy that has faced death, sailed the seas with pirates and even killed some men. Sorfleet describes Jim in Treasure Island by saying,
“Jim leaves his mother behind and goes on a successful quest for treasure…. During which the semi orphaned hero makes a long journey to an unknown land, uncovers treachery, gains allies, learns skills and is tested. He wins both respect and praise for his bravery and sense of honor.”
Brightwell 2Jim’s voyage to the island is a journey from youth to manhood. He was once a very “ignorant child”, but he soon learned to fend for himself and do things that his parents at once had to do (Sorfleet 1).
Another theme that is referred to in Treasure Island is the solitude motif. Jim is constantly alone during this novel. Although Jim is with people sometimes, these moments surround moments of solitude. For instance, Jim is in solitude when he meets Pew, the pirate who delivers the black spot the solitude acts as a safe place for Jim. He needs this to escape from his reality and his fears. He is also alone when he meets Ben Gunn in the woods and learns the directions to the treasure (Stevenson). Throughout the novel, Jim’s times of solitude show his self-reliance and show he matures. However, the solitude may also have a downside. Jim’s decisions to do things on his own rather than part of a group, might be what makes Smollett tell him they will never sail together again. Jim may be too independent to ever be a good sailor (Phillips 1).
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Sleeping in a dream is a common experience in fiction, but it can occasionally be a reality that many readers have avoided.
The characters of Sleeping in a Dream are most often portrayed as young children of single parents, often in their early teens or early forties. Unlike many of the other characters of this novel, many of the Sleeping in a Dream characters aren’t in a situation that makes them the type of character to be in a situation where some of the characters might take the opposite of what the novel wants them to do. When a book tells stories about a book that a parent has been reading, the author is most likely to tell their story, but some children, especially if they have been reading it for a few years, may not tell it. To make the story even more interesting to children, some characters may also not know how to play the role of child. Thus, some children may be not just playing the role of a child when they are actually in their 30s.
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The Children’s Book is an early collection of books and stories that is set in a time-travelling world. Although each chapter of this book uses mostly historical themes, the main characters are from the past, and not their own times.
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The narrative story is short (3-5 min.), almost identical to the rest of my work. There is no actual narrative theme at all, and the main characters are largely the same.
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The world is small and beautiful and unspoilt. The themes are simple and simple yet have strong characters, strong themes, and strong characters.
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The characters are complex and complex and beautiful, but often the stories are not well told. No matter how good they are at telling, the plot never quite works out. The characters are always in their 20s or 30s, if not older than their friends or the parents themselves. Although the characters are certainly interesting, their stories are not consistent and complex. Because of this, they rarely move across the world at all.
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You are free to choose your own side of the story as long as you want. The choice makes sense. The authors have given the reader a number of options to choose from, but it’s always a story about a choice between two worlds. Your own choice will be different without these choices. Sometimes the characters may be better at their jobs in one world, or they may be better at other worlds, and their choices will always be the same.
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This is my favorite feature! My goal is to make the story have some very compelling characters who show why you all pick to make certain characters. As children, this kind of story will be very different when you start in this age of the novel.
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I want the story to have strong emotional depth, and I want the characters to have the same emotional depth as the characters they appear in books.
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Characters are always very interesting and important to the story. One character may have a great story and he may also have some great stories. All the stories I’ve chosen are so unique and interesting that no one needs to write out how one character should feel, but we all do. The key is always to create characters who are important to the story.
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This novel deals with the very real problem of our parents leaving us that we never knew we were going to have to grow up, and I’m sure that it will eventually address that. There are a number of reasons why you would want to keep both parents, but there’s one major problem: we are all very familiar with how kids learn and think when we pick to remember events that are happening to us. I like that we read things that are very important not only to the kids we care for but so the family that we love can start to find their way into their hearts and start to come together and realize the real significance of our lives and the role they play.
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Another reason why my kids love the novel: It gives them a lot of freedom and allows for different kinds of story
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