"Treasure Island"

Book report

Lina Hidayatus Sholihah

1. Book Title

Treasure Island

2. Theme

The flame of ambition from pirates to find a treasure in the Treasure Island. 

3. Plot Summary

The story was told in the first person by Jim Hawkins, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn, and who shared in the adventures from start to finish. Billy bones, the old se man, come to this peaceful inn one day, apparently intending to finish his life there. He asked Jim to keep a watch out for other a man with one leg, but despite all prevention action, he was hunted out and served with the black spot that meant death. Jim and his mother barely escaped when Blind Pew, Black Dog, and other pirates descended on the inn in search of the sea dog’s papers. Jim took up a packet of papers to square the sailor’s debt, when they were forced to retreat from the inn. The packet contains a map showing the location of the pirate Flint’s buried treasure, which Jim, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney determine to find. Fitting out a ship, they hired hands and set out on their adventure. Unfortunately, their crew included one-legged Long John Silver, a pirate also in search of the treasure, and a number of his confederates. Jim, hidden in an apple barrel, overhears the plans of the crew to mutiny, and he warns his comrades. The battle between the pirates and Jim’s regiment was an exciting and bloody one, taking place both on the island and aboard ship. Jim escaped from the ship, discovered the marooned sailor, Ben Gunn, who has already found and hided the treasure, and finally the victors get safely aboard the ship with the treasure. Gunn spent his treasure for 19 days and he also kept it on his lodge where he stayed. Long John Silver has no heard no more and it was only his cried: peace of eight, peace of eight, peace of eight.

4. characters and Characterization

o   Round Characters

·         Jim Hawkins was a son of Admiral Banbow Inn owner. He was eager and enthusiastic to go to sea and hunt for treasure. Jim is a timid child, but by the end he has matured incredibly.

“If she drifted up to the island, the mutineers, after the fierce fight this morning, might take off to sea. I wanted to stop them if I could.”

·         Long John Silver was a one-legged man, a clever man, deceitful and disloyal, greedy and visceral, and does not care about human relations

“Well, here it is –you give us the map to the treasure, and we’ll divide it with you, man for man.”

o   Flat Characters

·         Squire Trelawney was a noble and a good captain who has high ambition to find treasure.

“We haveour pistols ready. If any one of you makes a signal to the men on the island, that man’s dead.”

·         Captain Smollet was a serious, a real professional figure and he has sharp-eyed man.

“I better speak plain, sir. I don’t like your plans, and I don’t like the man on the ship.

·         Black Dog was a stranger, bringing black spot means death.

“Yes, it’s Black Dog to see his old shipmate, Billy Bones.”

·         Billy Bones was a seaman who brings sea chest. He was a fainthearted.

“Thunder, I can’t do that. They will have Block Spot on me by then.”

·         Israel Hands was a gunner of captain flint.

“Gray said: ”Israel Hands was the gunner of Flint’s ship.”

·         Captain Flint was a good captain who murdered.

·         Abraham Gray was one of six men on finding treasure.

“I’am with you, sir” said to Captain Smollet.

·         Ben Gunn was a marooned. He was kind.

“You put your trust in me. I were in Flint’s ship.”

o   Protagonist

·         Jim Hawkins

·         Squire Trelawney

·         Jim’s Mother

·         Dr. Livesey

·         Squire Trelawney’s servant (hunter, joyce, and redruth)

o   Antagonist

·         Long Jhon silver

·         Pew

5. Setting

Time          in the 1700’s

Place          in the island which there the hill was named “Spyglass”.

6. Style

The style of this novel used high level because I found many unfamiliar words so that I was rather difficult to understand.

7. Point of View

The point of view of this novel is in a first-person narrative Such as the dialogue: ”He promised to pay me a silver coin every month if I could keep an eye out for “a man with one leg.” I was to tell him at once if I saw such a man.”

8. Moral value

The struggle of determination through adventure on the middle of pirates who led to success is the moral value of this novel. Even they fight each other but they never give up to struggle what they want to get. I didn’t take the negative side of this story which put much blood with rough fight but I prefer to their struggle to get something that they though it’s really precious.