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?
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ReplyDeletei noticed this too throughout the book. If there were no weather problems then Jim would have been to treasure island halfway through the book, and it wouldnt have been as interesting, and the story would have died.
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ReplyDeleteYea i agree, i think that the setting was liek the most important part of the book, making it more interesting, and having total visuals throughout the book.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with this because I too saw that this was a reoccurring problem because when you're out at sea, there are many factors that affect the way a ship sails, especially wind. Looks to me like Stevenson did his research on boats.
ReplyDeleteI think the setting SET the whole book in my eyes and it was really impotant for the book.
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