Treasure Island

On this National Day holiday,I read a book called Treasure Island. This story describes the process of a treasure. The protagonist in the book is a boy named Jim, he got a treasure map from the old pirate bill,and in the organization of Dr Livesey and others, they decided to seek treasures. They organized a fleet, employs some sailors,but the pirates dressed as a sailor and got into the fleet. Under the guidance of the captian and Dr Livesey, they fought with pirates.Finall they beat the pirates，and backed with treasure.

This story tells us: If we want to adventure, we should not only have the courage ,but also have wisdom and method.So doing everything is such, courage and wisdom to be short of one cannot.

This is a story of life and death, very good-looking!

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Reading Guide

Helen.Z

Book: Treasure Island

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Ⅰ.Introduction to the author:

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh and trained as a lawyer. He wrote some plays, and books about his travels in France and Belgium, but his first full-length story was Treasure Island.

He got the idea for the story from a map his stepson, Lloyd, had drawn when they were on holiday. Between them they invented names for the places on the island. That imaginary island inspired Stevenson to write Treasure Island.

Ⅱ.Introduction to the book

When an old pirate dies in his parents’ inn, Jim Hawkins takes possession of a treasure map and with his friends Dr Livesey and Squire Trelawney he sets sail to find the treasure. When he discovers that the ship’s crew, led by Long John Silver, plan to mutiny and steal their treasure though, Jim has to work hard to outwit the pirates. Eventually Jim and his friends triumph and return to England with their share of the treasure, but not before the slippery Long John Silver has escaped-taking four hundred guineas with him!

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Book Report of Treasure Island

1. About the Author.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet, who contributed several classics to the world of children's literature. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on November 13th 1850. His grandfather and father were civil engineering，made great achievements in the lighthouse construction. And they wished that Stevenson would take over their own enterprise. In 1867, Stevenson received his father’s decree to enter the Edinburgh University to study civil engineering. In fact, he loved literature when he was a child. So he asked his father to study literature, and was refused. But his father let him study law. Since childhood, however, Stevenson's natural inclination had been toward literature; eventually he took up letters seriously, soon making his way into the first rank of contemporaneous writers by the excellence of his style. In 1878 and 1879, he published two works of the theme of travel, since then the continued to publish works. In 1883, he published Treasure Island. The story was praised as The Best Work of Children’s Adventure Story as soon as the work was published. Since then Stevenson had became a famous writer. However, 1894, only 44-year-old Stevenson suddenly suffered from stroke,and died of illness in the Pacific south of the capital, Apia, Western Samoa and was buried in the local mountains overlooking the Pacific. Stevenson had a lot of famous works, such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, A Child’s Garden of Verses and New Arabian Nights.

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." Treasure Island is his first widely popular book.

This is an exciting adventure story about a poor boy that lives in a small inn, the Admiral Benbow, run by his parents in Black Hill Cove. The boy’s name is Jim Hawkins. One day, unexpectedly, he finds a treasure map which indicates the treasure hidden by the pirates in Skeleton Island. Then Jim, Dr. Livesey, Captain Smollett and his friends, with a group of sailors, set out for the treasure. After a short time, some greed sailors who are led by Long John Silver rebel for the map. These two groups fight fiercely. Evil can never prevail against good. Jim and Captain Smollett win the battle. And later then they go back home with the boat filled with treasure.

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Book Report of Treasure Island

1. About the Author.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet, who contributed several classics to the world of children's literature. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on November 13th 1850. His grandfather and father were civil engineering，made great achievements in the lighthouse construction. And they wished that Stevenson would take over their own enterprise. In 1867, Stevenson received his father’s decree to enter the Edinburgh University to study civil engineering. In fact, he loved literature when he was a child. So he asked his father to study literature, and was refused. But his father let him study law. Since childhood, however, Stevenson's natural inclination had been toward literature; eventually he took up letters seriously, soon making his way into the first rank of contemporaneous writers by the excellence of his style. In 1878 and 1879, he published two works of the theme of travel, since then the continued to publish works. In 1883, he published Treasure Island. The story was praised as The Best Work of Children’s Adventure Story as soon as the work was published. Since then Stevenson had became a famous writer. However, 1894, only 44-year-old Stevenson suddenly suffered from stroke,and died of illness in the Pacific south of the capital, Apia, Western Samoa and was buried in the local mountains overlooking the Pacific. Stevenson had a lot of famous works, such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, A Child’s Garden of Verses and New Arabian Nights.

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Treasure Island

The story is told by Jim Hawkins himself, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old sea dog comes to this peaceful inn one day, apparently intending to finish his life there. He hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors, although it is dangerous, he is still served with the dangerous place. Jim and his mother barely escape death when Blind Pew, Black Dog, and other pirates were trying to search for the sea dog’s papers. Jim grabbed up a packet of papers to pay up the sailor’s debt when they were forced to leave the inn. The packet contains a map showing the location of the pirate Flint’s buried treasure, which Jim, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney wanted to find. After they find a ship, they hire people and set out on their adventure. Unfortunately, their crew includes one-legged Long John Silver, a pirate also in search of the treasure, and a number of his crew member too. Jim, hidden in an apple barrel, heard the plan of the crew to betray them. The battle between the pirates and Jim’s party is an exciting and bloody one, taking place both on the island and aboard ship. Later, Jim escapes from the ship, discovers the marooned sailor, Ben Gunn, who has already found the treasure, and finally they get safely aboard the ship with the treasure.

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Treasure land

Treasure land, published in 1882, is the adventure story par excellence, and it made the writer's reputation as one of the great Victorian storytellers. The writer’s name is Robert Louis Stevenson. He was born in Edinburgh on November 13th 1850.His grandfather and father were civil engineering. And they wished that Stevenson would take over their own enterprise. In 1867, Stevenson received his father’s decree to enter the Edinburgh University to study civil engineering. In fact, he loved literature when he was a child. So he asked his father to study literature, and was refused. But his father let him study law. In a short period of his life, he wrote a large number of essays, travelogues, essays, novels and poems. In 1894, 44-year-old Stevenson suddenly suffered from stroke, and died.

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