Quotes From Treasure Island

Character Analysis Change is its own force, and we have that force. Forces can change characters in their own way, when it is their environment, their wealth, or even their power. Throughout the book, Treasure Island, had many characters changing like Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins. Violence, Friendship, and Survival are all major forces that shaped Jim Hawkins throughout the classic novel Treasure Island. One of the biggest forces that shaped Jim was the violence that surrounded him. “Out of the eight men who had fallen” (Stevenson 117; Ch.22). The previous attacks that just happened forced him to see some of his greatest friends die before his feet. He had to fight back if he wanted to survive, but nothing came well after if he did, “but what I fear is torture if they come to torture me-“(Stevenson 171; Ch.30). The adventure he thought he was going to get was not the one he got. Throughout the time on the island, he witnessed some many deaths from his friends to his crew. “The terror of the dead buccaneer had fallen on
“Told the whole details of Silver’s Conversation.” (Stevenson 67; Ch.12). Silver was talking about a mutiny they were going to plan. Jim overheard the conversation and ran to the captain and the squire and started to talk about the conversation. He notified his friends that there might be something bad coming his way. “I will own that I here began to weep.” (Stevenson 171; Ch.30). Jim might be the new kid on the boat, but will always put his friends and family over himself. There were many forces that shaped Hawkins throughout the story good and bad. Those forces gave the great story of Treasure Island a kick. Jim was shaped over the course of Treasure Island by the violence that surrounded him, his great friendships that he made, the fight for survival, and many more. Jim Hawkins will be the forever loving character that was a great