How Is John Silver Presented In Treasure Island

In Robert Stevenson "Treasure Island” Long John Silver is the primary antagonist. He is portrayed very differently in the Disney movie in comparison to how he was in the novel. In the movie, Silver’s speech patterns have changed. Silver now uses a classic pirate talk, and with the help of background music and voices from the movie, the scenes are easier to understand. In the movie version of Treasure Island by the Walt Disney Company, Long John Silver is shown as a spry man who has silvery grey hair. He demands respect from the beginning and it is evident because the producers put him at the top of the screen. He is depicted as an upstanding gentleman with good manners and a clean demeanor. Since this is a movie the way he talks is very

First off, he is shown to be "very tall and strong with a face as big as a ham..." Stevenson describes him as intelligent and cheerful, he was clean cut and very agile with his cane. Unlike in the movie, Jim was completely convinced that this man was nowhere near being buccaneer. This was because, Silver was clean and pleasant unlike Billy, Black Dog, Pew, and the blind man. Silver was very well mannered, and he had a sophisticated vocabulary not including any mainstream pirate talk. He had a good posture and was not as concerned with pirates as he was worried about money. In the novel when Black Dog begins to leave Jim yells he is a pirate but all Silver cares is that he hadn't paid his bill. It was not until the men were pursuing the pirate that Long John began to care that Black Dog was a pirate, and even began to threaten a friend of his for associating with a pirate. Silver appeals to the young boys curiosity by revealing to him that he had indeed seen the man before but not alone, infact it was with a blind beggar. Jim is now at this point completely enthralled with the one legged sea cook. Silver constantly compliments Jim in an attempt to gain his