Long John Silver is one of the best characters in Treasure Island. He is everything anyone would imagine a pirate would be; he is sly, cunning, and peg-legged with a parot on his shoulder. Long John Silver sets the trademark cliche of the classic pirateband tuat is why a lot of other popular pirates are based on his characteristics. Long John Silver is a lot like an older and wiser version of Jim Hawkins, they share a lot of the same qualities. They are both brave, well-spoken, very practical and both are quick to change sides if need be. The only difference is that Long John Silver is a pirate, or "gentleman of fortune" as he likes to be called. Also, there are many examples of Long John Silver's very persuasive manner. He tricks Squire Trelawny into believing him over th captain. The fact that Squire Trelawny believes in duty and class shows how persuasive Long John Silver is. It is also very interesting to see him convince young Dick Johnson to join the pirates while they were on the Hispaniola.. So, one thing that...
There are many elements that help build a drama into an interesting, audience captivating piece of performance. By employing elements of drama such as voice, movement, focus, tension, situation, role, character, language and audience (Dinham, 2014), participants can create entertaining drama for their audience. In the television movie, ‘Famous Five on a Treasure Island’ (Johnson, 2012), the show’s creator has included many of the elements that are necessary for enjoyable viewing. In the following writing I will discuss three of the elements that are included in the show: tension; role, character and relationships; and situation.
A silversmith that Johnny is apprenticing. He is a good silversmith but he cannot remember his orders very well.
First, Marie Little Soldier, a Native American woman, speaks out against Dr. Frank Hayden, the brother of Sheriff Wes Hayden who is her employer.
At the start of the film, pirate Hector Barbossa is shown as a new privateer for the English. It is revealed that Captain Barbossa is not sailing the seas for the King, but instead for his own personal desires. Elements such as mermaids, the “Fountain of Youth”, and everlasting life are not realistic and are clearly added to the film for entertainment value. However, this film could be helpful in sparking an interest in the general public on the subject of pirates. The film includes actual pirates, like Edward Teach, that may spark an interest in a viewer enough to look into the character.
The life of Dana The novel Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones is the story of two families with the same father, a bigamist. Chaurisse and her mother Laverne, James Witherspoon's first wife, have no idea the other family exists. Dana and her mother are part of his secret life, playing second fiddle to the family they share their father/husband with. The novel presents a wide variety of instances where intersections between gender, race, or class influence a character’s life. This novel shows how the identity of people changes throughout the course of life and how it affects their interaction with other people in life.
Blackbeard was one of the most feared pirates in history, because he was a ferocious and fearless man who took over many ships in his years of being a pirate. He wasn’t a good man but he was good at what he did. There was some information that was unsure of because of the time period, but there are many interesting facts about him.
You're in South Sudan with your uncle and some other people help you don’t know, you also you don’t know what to do and, there is a war going on also, there is a lot of madness going on in the country. Finally, you just don’t know what to do! That is what exactly happened to an 11 year old Dinka, and Dinka is a type of tribe in south Sudan called a Dinka and his name is Salva Dut. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park explains what happened to Salva on his journey all the way from South Sudan to America and the challenges he faced on his journey. Salva survives through his persistence, his luck, and his uncle.
The 1700’s were a time for the pirates. All over the world, these thieves of the seven seas robbed cargo ships. Some of the major countries of the world often used their military to fight these pirates. Many pirates of this time earned reputations for being quite successful. It was Edward “Blackbeard” Teach who became one of the most successful pirates of all.
Imagine being in pain and not knowing where your family could be. Imagine walking for miles just to fetch something people can walk eight stairs to grab it. A ton of people are able to drive a car around place to place; meanwhile, others have to walk and just focus on taking one step at a time. In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva a boy from Southern Sudan, Africa in 1985 is in the middle of a Civil War and is running away and travels on foot to Ethiopia to a Refugee Camp. Nya, a young girl from Southern Sudan in 2008 has to walk eight hours twice every day just to get a miniscule amount of water for her family. Both characters exhibit countless traits while the reader learns about their journeys: miserable, dependable, scared, fearless, tough, and strong; however, after a careful analysis, two traits really stand out: miserable for Salva and dependable for Nya.
... middle of paper ... ...(10.14) Israel Hands makes this statement, but Jim discovers that he agrees with Israel. John is a person who lives his life and has no regrets about his decisions. Jim discovers that John Silver is a mysterious and complicated role model. The most important lesson he learns from John is courage and how important it is to make decisions for himself.
In the book Treasure Island Long John Silver seems to change a lot. He goes from being the villain to the hero in the course of just one page. From being described as a seafaring man to an intelligent and smiling, clean and pleasant-tempered man, Silver seems to change from good to bad to good multiple times in the book. Scenes that portray the two faced man are when Jim is in the apple barrel and Silver goes off about killing Jims friends, when Silver tells Jim he truly cares about him, another scene that show this is when Jim runs off into the island and Silver calls out for him, as well as the scene when
A man named Robert Laughlin once said, "The Earth is very old and has suffered grievously: volcanic explosions, floods, meteor impacts, mountain formation and yet all manner of other abuses greater than anything people could inflict. Yet, the Earth is still here. It's a survivor." Laughlin clearly believes in this quote that the Earth can take care of itself. The Earth has been through worse disasters than just pollution, and extinction of species and plants. Roderick Nash, an environmentalist and activist, says otherwise.
In the essay Island Civilization: A Vision for Human Occupancy of Earth , Robert Frazier Nash discusses the past and present human impact on the environment and offers solutions for the distant fourth millennium.
...im decides to tell Long John everything he did to try to ruin his plan to find the treasure he spares Jim’s life even though the other pirates want him dead. Long John also decides to stand by Jim even though he has a feeling his crew is going to take him out of his captain position. Jim shows a lot of courage and that he’s a man of his word when he is given the opportunity to run away but instead he decides to stay because he gave Long John his word that he will help him through his trial. Jim is taken to where the treasure is believed to be but when they dig up the area there was no treasure. The treasure is later discovered at site where Ben Gunn has hidden it. The reasons I mentioned earlier steers Jim in the right direction of the treasure because of him not trusting Long John but instead using his smarts and his very high maturity level to find the treasure.
Money, money, money, and the love of money is the root of all evil. Money, has led the characters of Treasure Island to kill, lie, cheat, and put themselves in great peril to acquire it. The Squire Trelawney, the good Doctor, and Jim really have no cause to go in the search of the fortune that they did not earn or place where it rest. Wealth, whether found, earned, or inherited does not automatically speak well of the owner. The test of one’s character should be more than economical success.