The Treasure Island

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 1)>Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkins who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 1)>Captain Smollett heroic Dr. Livesey and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew double-dealing Israel Hands and seemingly mad Ben Gunn buccaneers of varying shades of menace; and of course garrulous affable ambiguous Long John Silver who is one moment a friendly laughing one-legged sea-cook . . .and the next a dangerous pirate leader.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 1)>The unexpected and complex relationship that develops between Silver and Jim helps transform what seems at first to be a simple rip-roaring adventure story into a deeply moving study of a boy's growth into manhood as he learns hard lessons about friendship loyalty courage and honor-and the uncertain meaning of good and evil.</span></p><p></p>