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.
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well during the time the book was written(1800's) there was a different view towards women, and women didnt have an equal role in society like men, so maybe thats why there were hardly any women in the book.
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yea i noticed that, women were not mentioned in this book much and now i understand that it is because they werent that big back then.
ReplyDeletewhat a shame!!!
i would be inspired by hearing stories about the cattibean pirates because i would want to know how the life was in real life, and how the ship would be, i have a good experience but i would want a real life explanation.
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