Treasure Island

Treasure Island by Rober Louis Stevenson

SUBGENRE: novel 
SETTING: 1700 / England
PLOT: Billy Bones is a guest of the inn of the parents of young Jim Hawkins. One day he receives a mysterious message and the next day Billy dies. So Jim looking with his mother in his trunk, he finds a map of an island where he is buried pirate Flint treasure. With the help of Dr. Livesey and the cavalier Trelawney, he decides to hire a ship, the Hispaniola, and with them begins the journey to the island.The crew is composed by Captain Smollett, by Trelawney, sailors and Jim, who discovers while browsing the plan of the crew captained by Silver: he wanted to rebel and take possession of the treasure.Once on the island of the Skeleton, Jim manages to take the ship was at anchor in the inlet and was guarded by a pirate. Back at the fort he found Silver Flint, who took him hostage and began the search for the treasure.
CHARACTERS: Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones, Livesey, Long John Silver, captains Smollet and Nathaniel Flint, and Trelawney
NARRATOR: third person
POINT OF VIEW: narrator's 
THEMES: pirates, mysterious places
PERSONAL COMMENT: I liked this book a lot, because the adventures between pirates or adventures on the sea is something of amazing.

                                                                        Pasquale Iuliano