Literary illuminator post #7

well as it seemed to me, there was some sense in this. We struck our bargain on the spot. In three minutes i had the hispaniola sailing easily before the wind along the coast of treasure island, with good hopes of turning the northern point ere noon and beating down again as far as north inlet before high water, when we might beach her safely and wait till the subsiding tide permitted us to land.
Then i lashed the tiller and went to my own chest, where i got a soft milk hankerchief of my mothers. With this, and my aid, hand bound up the great bleeding stab he had recieved in the thight, and after he had eaten a little and had a swallow or two more of the brandy, he began to pick up visibly, sat straighter up, spoke louder and clearer and looked in every way another man. p.g, 145
I chose this passage because there was one reoccuring problem throughout the book which was the way the wind blew. This affected the way the boat would sail, which is a major problem when your on a ship with sails. Did anyone else see this reoccuring problem?

Literary illuminator post #6

It was still quite early, and the colest morning that i think i ever was abroad in- a chill that pierced into the marrow. the sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun. But where Silver stood with his lirutenant, all was still in shadow, and they waded knee deep in a low white vapour that had crawled during the night out of the morass. The chill and the vapour taken toghther told a poor tale of the island. it was plainly a damp, a feverish, unhealthy spot. "Keep indoors, men" said the captain. "ten to one this is a trick" p.g. 113

i chose this passage because it reminded me and my friends in the summer. although its a hard comparison i thought of myself waking up in the summer and then having ym friends coming over for breakfast poolside, and talking evry seriously such as the captain, and we kept indoors for the sun. Slightly different things, but it reminded me of summer. what did it remidn you guys of?

Literary illuminator post #5

we made our best speed across the strip of wood that now divided us from the stockade, and at every step we took the voices of the buccanears rang nearer. Soon we could hear their footfalls as they ran and the cracking of the branches as they breasted across a bit of thicket.
I began to see wee should have a brush for it in earnest and locked to my priming.
"captain", said I, "trelawney is the dead shot. Give him your gun; his own is useless."
They exchanged guns, and trelawney, silent and cool as he had been since the beginning of the bustle, hung a moment on his heel to see that all was fit for service. At the same time, observing gray to be unarmed, i handed him my cutlass. It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air. It was plain from every line of his body that our new hand was worth his salt .p,g 104

I chose this passage because is saw a trend with the authors writing. At the beginning of each chapter he would start with an action of what was going on with the ship, anyone see this for the passages during the voyage?

Discussion Director #5

Chapter 30 Page 122

This is where Jim wakes up to doctor Livesey's arrival, and Silver greets the doctor, and Jim holds back a little bit, he was nervouse and afraid to face him.

Questions:

What do you think will happen between Jim and the doctor?

Why do you think Jim is making it a big deal to hold back away from the doctor, and was afraid to greet him?

Why was silver more interested in greeting the doctor nicely?

What are some differences between Jim and Silvers personalities?

What mood do you think the author is trying to set?

(please comment with a sum up of your answers, i will respond back :)

Discussion Director #4

Chapter 33 Page 135

In this page, Jim was given a double-barrelled pistol to hold for protection against any attacks, because one of the men were shot, and the captain went to go protect the rest, and try to save the one shot. So he gave Jim the pistol to watch for any shooters. There were 6 men all together.

Questions:

What do you think Jim will do with this pistol if there are unwanted attacks?

Do you think the attacks will continue?

By the end of the journey, do you think that there will be any crew members left on the boat besides Jim? or No? If so, why?

Putting yourself in Jim's shoes, how would you feel if you where in the situation he was in?

What characteristics best describe Jim in your eyes?

(please comment on this, with a sum up of your answers and i will reply :)

Discussion Director #3

Chapter 23 Page 92

Here Jim had been analyzing the boat he is going to use to continue his journey, he describes "her" as a cross grain lop-sided craft to manage. He was wondering how he was gonna continue with this boat, but what he did not know, he had to find out.

Questions:

What do you think his journey would be like on the boat?

If you were him would you have taken the risk of riding the boat as well?

Do you feel he should have had more people on the boat?

Do you think this was a wise choice for Jim to make?

(comment on this, sum up your answers and i will comment back with a reply :)

Researcher Post #6

There isn't much to talk about in this situation, but it just struck me as a little awkward. If anyone has ever noticed, there weren't any woman the book untill after the first 15 chapters, well, except for Jim's mother. This didn't seem very right to me, so I researched the topic and found out that Stevenson's step-son Lloyd didn't want there to be any women in the book; I assume that Stevenson took that advice.

Why do you think Lloyd didn't want women in Treasure Island?

Also, I must appoligize for Research Post #4 because I did make a mistake there. It turns out that the characters in Treasure Island did use guns as well as other pirate steryotypical weapons, which means that's one more similarity between the actual Caribbean pirates and the pirates from Treasure Island. One more thing that I forgot to mention was that Robert Louis Stevenson wanted to write Treasure Island due to is hearings of the Golden Age of Piracy; this is when the real pirates flourished. The reason being is because his father and grandfather always told him stories about the pirates.

Now, you can either answer the question above, or this question now: Would you be inspired by hearing stories about the Catibbean pirates? Why or why not?


Biography: "Treasure Island." Treasure Island. 14 Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island.