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Pirates Of Treasure Island Robert Louis
1,024 wordsKyle Floyd April 1, 1999 CP English I VMs. Wade Pirates of Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is a suspenseful, action-packed story in which he uses the stereotypical image of pirates to captivate his audiences. The pirates in Treasure Island greatly resemble that of 16th century pirates. Pirates undeniably possessed an ability to persuade. According to Jan Rogozinski in her book Pirates! ", Pirates were often fisherman who traded with passing ships. They would lure the shi...
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Jim And The Captain Read Treasure Island
1,105 wordsTREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson There is an old crippled man knocking at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn. His name is Captain Billy Bones. He lives in fear of a one-legged man, because Billy Bones has a map in his suitcase that the one-legged man wants. But, Billy Bones doesnt know that the one-legged man, Captain Flint died. One day a blind beggar named Blind Pew comes to see Billy Bones at the Inn and gives him the Black Spot, a mark of immediate death between pirate crews. Billy Bones gives...
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Island Jim
661 wordsThe plot The book "Treasure Island" is an adventure story about a boy called Jim Hawkins. He's fifteen years old and lives in a small village, in a quiet place near the sea. His father, a very diligent person, makes his living by running an inn. It was a day in September when an old seaman came to the Inn. He was tall and he had a big, brown face. After looking around he decided to stay at the Inn. The man didn't want to tell his name but told them just to call him Captain. The captain described...
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Silver And The Pirates Capture Jim
2,347 wordsTreasure Island I have written a report on one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most popular books, Treasure Island. Stevenson, as writer, is mostly admired for his style, imagination and narrative skill. Stevenson combines mystery, suspense, and adventure throwing in pieces of how life would be with pirates in this story. As a young boy he was fascinated about pirates and wanted to be one himself. The story takes place in the year 1700 and it is described as a year of grace. The general idea of the ...
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Bill's Treasure Map
586 wordsThis story is about a boy named Jim Hawkins who lives at an inn that his mother and father run and watch over. So one normal day, a pirate looking man walked into the door for somewhere to stay in for a couple of nights. This pirate looking man was called the captain {Bill}, because he never told the Hawkins family what his real name was. So every day the inn family would provide him with food and shelter and Rum. He would always drink to much rum and he would become every drunk and inconsiderat...
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Jim And The Crew A Lot
488 words. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born into a family of Scottish lighthouse engineers. Because he suffered from tuberculosis as a child, his education was somewhat neglected. However, he did study engineering and later became a lawyer-both to please his parents-but what he really wanted to do was write. He never practiced law, but rather worked at establishing himself in print. It took several years before his work was recognized. He wrote Treasure Island while receiving medical treatment...
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