Teen Ink Review

The great Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist that is still immensely merited for his literary creations. However, his skill in the arts are undoubtedly conveyed in one of his most popular novels – Treasure Island. Stevenson’s talent to depict genuine adventure but progress a mind-blowing plot is enough said. Countless twists and turns are creeping in every nook and cranny in this novel. Stevenson presents them in a natural behavior despite its original publication in 1883.

In this unique story, the life of Jim Hawkins takes a dip into a coarse ocean when he is invited to sea-fare to an atoll labeled Treasure Island. Since he is the main character, his encounters are heavily revolved around. Jim travels the island after he learns that many of his sailor mates are mutineers and just when all seems to settle down, battles between the “honest hands” and the mutineers take place. When will they end?

As the novel resumes, blood is shed and the anatomy of the human body are altered in unnatural ways. Nonetheless, Jim’s newly found enemy, Long John Silver, manipulates the storyline in peculiar conducts. Even though Jim’s life is threatened at many times in the novel, he fails to be destroyed; Jim endures to find his fate still hanging in the mist of the eerie island. Jim retorts “these words among the rest, which struck sharply home upon my mind: ‘Without are dogs and murderers’ “. This allusion to scriptures expresses Jim’s anticipation of his unknown destiny yet to come.

The well-represented personality that comes to life in this novel is quite the entertainment. It relates to every individual because of the unpredictability that lingers in the actions of Jim Hawkins’s life. His encounters are relative to ours and Stevenson illustrates that aspect very well. The experience of reading this novel is somewhat intriguing yet Stevenson’s writings possess a refreshing thrill embedded in each word.