Change In Treasure Island

Character Force of change

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart”. In the book treasure island many die, from the pirates, to family to friends but in the end everything turned out alright. Although it was sad when the person died we have to move on and keep going until the end. In the book Treasure Island Jim changes because of the death of his father and of his friend the captain, Long john because he tricked him, and the treasure that he got in the end. Jim changed in a negative way from death of his friends and family. His father died and he became very sad and unhappy after the funeral and his father's death. I was standing at the door, full of sad thoughts about my father” (Jim Pg. 16 Ch. 3). Then some time after his friend the captain had died. He changed in a negative way because he felt sorrow from the death/loss
He changed because he started to feel happy and he was enjoying himself. He started to enjoy himself when he gave the slip to long john when they found the land. “I was so pleased at having given the slip to long john that I began to enjoy myself" (Jim 74 Ch. 5). The voyage also changed him because he was excited about where, they would go, what they would find, and what would await them. “Even at that exciting moment (the voyage) it took me back to the admiral benbow”. (Jim 52 Ch10). Living on the island changed Jim in a negative way. During that time when he was on the island he was scared and frightened. “I began to become terribly frightened, but I kept my head, for all that”. (Jim 127 Ch. 24) He was very scared because he was living on an island it was hot, and he was scared of the animals there as well. Living on the island also changed him in a negative way because he started to realize what was happening. He had scarce time to think, act and to save himself. “I had scarce time to think-scarce time to act and to save myself” (Jim 130