Treasure Island Compare And Contrast

Treasure Island is a novel written in the era of the eighteenth century. The technology was basically just being started. Back then if you wanted to sail a ship, it was wooden. In this time period pirates were very common. Robert Louis Stevenson was right on point. Treasure Planet is a Disney movie that is based on the original novel of Treasure Island. Naturally, Disney put a twist on it, instead of the characters being humans, they were animals or cyborgs. The setting was completely different, instead of being on land or water like Treasure Island, they were in outer space. The plot was majorly different. In Treasure Island there is a lot of violence, gore, and drunkenness, but since Disney produced Treasure Planet, they did a good job of keeping those scenes out of the movie. Finally, the theme differs in really just one way. It differs because, Treasure Island stresses the dangers of alcohol. Yet, again since Disney produces children's movies they leave that out of the movie. The theme is still is in harmony with the idea of the two main characters Jim Hawkins,
Silver finds a soft spot for the kid after he learns about his father dying. In Treasure Island he feels as if Jim has saved his life, so in return Silver saves his. They both had a connection that no one understands. In Treasure Planet they take it a step deeper. After seeing Jim struggle after his father left him, we saw how silver slowly became a father figure to Jim. at the end of the movie we even see how Silver gives up almost all the treasure to save Jim. Not only that, with the little treasure he had, he gave some to Jim. just so he could re build the Inn. Another thing that is brought up is the danger of alcohol. In Treasure Island they make it a very important noted subject. While in Treasure Planet it is completely left out, due to Disney being a kid friendly movie