Jim
vs.
Long
John Silvers
The Symbolism of Treasure Island by Tharun Karipireddy
Period 5 Ms. Horr's Reading Class
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"The Symbolism
of Treasure Island"
Characters change their alliance.
- Long John Silvers switches from antihero to antagonist in the book more than once.
- Severus Snape seems like a villain but is shown to actually be an antihero in the book.
The characters
are varied.
- Setne seems like he will be an antihero in the book but instead becomes a secondary protagonist by betraying Carter and Sadie
Point of View-
Alternating point of view
- The doctor narrates for three chapters in the book.
- The narrator hears the time traveler's narrative of going back in time.
Alternating
point of
view
- The major characters switch narrating the story every chapter or so.
Theme-
Appearances are not always as they seem.
- Long John Silver is the ringleader of the mutiny, though we he seems good.
- Macbeth believes the witches predict him as a great king, but they actually predict him as a tyrant.
Mood-
- Jim Hawkins seems like a regular young boy, but he is able to do acts of valor that his crew mates could not.
Anxious and Nervous
- The coracle, a small boat, aided Jim in boarding and taking control of the Hispaniola, a 200 ton schooner.
- Macbeth seems like a good soldier, but his ambition for the throne is greater than his loyalty to King Duncan.
Things aren't always what they seem.
Genre-
- The mood is anxious and nervous because the author keeps us on our feet by adding twists and turns into its already tense plot.
- Most of Macbeth's acts in the book are violent and make the audience unsure and nervous about his future and the conclusion of the book.
- A sailor that was framed with crimes he didn't commit uses his alias, the Count of Monte Cristo, to exact revenge after he escapes from jail and plots his revenge on his enemies.
- The main character is an illegal third child who is hunted by the population police. The author keeps us in suspense by keeping the protagonist always an in inch from disaster.
- The Count of Monte Cristo uses many different aliases in the book in order to either help or destroy people.
- To find Captain Flint's treasure.
The Count of Monte Cristo
- To prove dinosaurs are in South America.
- To slay a tyrannical dragon.
Conflict
Setting-
Skeleton Island
Man
vs.
Man
Man
vs.
Self
Jim's navigating skills
vs.
The ocean
Jim
vs.
his respect of Long John Silvers
Lilliput, Laputa,
and other islands.