https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland by Robert Louis Stevenson en-us 2017-08-07 15:43:13 UTC 2025-10-05 00:23:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/145684760/8256bcc1cac4b99fdc89fb1a0ad3808d/download.jpg blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180279079 Summary: An old pirate comes to stay at the Admiral Benbow Inn, which is run by the narrator’s ailing father.
The pirate refers to himself as “Captain” and pays the narrator a silver fourpenny every month to look out for seafaring men—especially a sailor with only one leg. The rest of his stay is spent
drinking and alternately terrorizing and thrilling the guests at the inn with gruesome tales and
boisterous singing. Dr. Livesey speaks when the captain indicates silence, so the captain threatens him with a knife. Livesey, who is also a court official, challenges the captain with legal action,
whereupon the old buccaneer backs down.

Questions:
1. Why would the old buccaneer want to stay in a place that does not have many visitors?
2. The old buccaneer seems like a man with many moods: sullen and quiet; nervous and scared; raucous and wild; furious and menacing. What do you think are his true feelings?
3. Why does Dr. Livesey remains so calm when the old buccaneer threatens him?]]> 2017-08-07 15:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180279079 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180279961 Summary: The narrator’s father gets sicker during the winter. A stranger comes to the inn inquiring about his
old mate, Bill, who happens to fit the description of the old buccaneer. Black Dog surprises Bill, and the two begin a discussion, which escalates into a fight. As a result, Black Dog is cut on the shoulder. He narrowly escapes death and runs away. Following the fight, the Captain suffers a stroke. We learn the narrator’s name: Jim Hawkins. Jim and Livesey bleed the captain to bring him
back to consciousness, and the doctor warns Bill, or Billy Bones, that drinking could kill him.

Questions:
1. How does Black Dog react when the narrator doesn’t come back quickly enough (10)? How
does this change the narrator’s understanding of Black Dog’s nature?
2. What do Black Dog and Bill argue about?
3. Why does the author withhold the narrator’s name until page 12?
4. What do Bill’s tattoos say about him?]]> 2017-08-07 15:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180279961 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180280922 Summary: Billy Bones is recovering from his stroke but suffering from alcohol withdrawal. He persuades Jim to bring him rum. When satisfied by rum, he asks Jim to fetch the doctor and explain to him that the Admiral Benbow Inn needs protection from Flint, who’s on the hunt for Bones’s sea chest. Jim’s father dies, which distracts Jim from bringing the old buccaneer’s request for protection to the doctor. Several days later, a hunched blind man finds his way to the Inn and asks Jim for directions.
Then, grabbing Jim’s arm, the blind man threatens to break it if Jim doesn’t lead him to the old buccaneer. Jim relents and leads the blind man to Billy Bones. The blind man passes something into the Captain’s palm and nimbly skips away. After the blind man departs, the Captain looks at his hand, declares “Ten o’clock! Six hours. We’ll do them yet,” then drops dead of apoplexy

Questions:
1. What do you think the “black spot” (16) means? Reread the phrase in context and make some
guesses. (The answer is on page 17.)
2. Why doesn’t Jim deliver Billy Bones’s request to the doctor?
3. What do you suppose the blind beggar put into Billy Bones’s hand?]]> 2017-08-07 16:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180280922 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281548 Summary: Jim tells his mother about the dangerous men coming for the Captain’s sea chest. Jim and his
mother leave the Admiral Benbow to seek help in town. Captain Flint and his men strike terror in the village and no one is willing to help Jim and his mother. Jim takes a packet from Bill’s sea chest, and his mother takes only the money owed her from Bill’s stay. They escape just before the band of
pirates arrives. Jim scurries under a bridge, leaving his fainting mother on the bank.

Questions:
1. Why doesn’t anyone from the village help Jim and his mother?
2. What’s found in Billy Bones’s pockets? What’s in the chest? What do these objects tell us
about the old buccaneer?
3. Why does Jim’s mother take only the money for Billy Bones’s room and board?
4. What does Jim take? Why?
5. Why does Jim leave his fainting mother on the bank?]]> 2017-08-07 16:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281548 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281602 Summary: Jim listens from the bank as a band of pirates led by Pew, the blind man, bursts into the Admiral Benbow. The pirates see that Bill is dead, but Pew is not phased. He’s focused only on the sea-chest,
which he quickly sees has been turned out. Although the money remains, “Flint’s fist” is gone. Pew notices that Jim’s lamp is still lit and orders the men to go find him, screaming, “it’s that boy. I wish I had put his eyes out!” Although his lookout sounds the alarm of approaching danger, Pew
continues to goad the men, “squalling” at them to find Jim. The men respond to Pew’s high-pitched anger with passive irritation, which allows Dr. Livesey’s officers to advance upon them. The pirates
scatter and leave Pew, who is trampled by an officer’s horse. Jim’s mother is revived. The supervisor, Mr. Dance, and Jim ride to Kitt’s Hole to look for the pirates’ boat, only to find it off shore. When he calls out to the boat, a bullet whizzes past the supervisor’s shoulder. Back at the inn, the officers
puzzle over the damage, and Jim reveals that he suspects the pirates were searching for the packet. Mr. Dance and Dogger take Jim to Dr. Livesey to examine the packet.

Questions: 
1. Why don’t the pirates care about Bill’s gold and silver? What are they looking for?
2. What is “Flint’s fist”?
3. What kind of leader is Pew? How do the others feel about him? How do you know this?
4. How did the officers from the hamlet get notified of the danger at the inn? What does that
say about the men of the town?
5. Why doesn’t he give the packet to Mr. Dance?]]> 2017-08-07 16:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281602 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281733 Summary: Jim, Dance, and Dogger meet with Dr. Livesey at the squire’s home; Dance recounts the attack at the inn, and Jim delivers the oilskin packet to Dr. Livesey. Squire Trelawney expounds upon pirate Flint’s reputation, declaring that if the packet contains directions to a treasure, then he will outfit a ship to go in search of it. The packet contains a sealed paper, a book filled with doodles, and a strange financial record kept over a period of 20 years. The sealed paper contains a complete map of the island holding Billy Bones’s treasure. Trelawney insists on mounting an expedition to recover the treasure. Livesey voices his concerns about secrecy, and the men agree not to breathe a word of their discovery and their mission.

Questions: 
1. Why does Stevenson have Jim meet up with Livesey at the stately squire’s home? What effect does this have on the reader?
2. How do the squire and Dr. Livesey react to Mr. Dance’s account of the incident at the inn?
3. When Jim hands Dr. Livesey the packet, he “looked it all over, as if his fingers were itching to open it; but instead of doing that, he put it quietly in the pocket of his coat” (33). How do you account for the doctor’s action?
4. How does the tone of the doctor and the squire’s conversation change after Dance leaves? Why?
5. Why is the squire so eager to see the contents of the packet?
6. What does the book contain? What does it reveal about Billy Bones’s character?
7. What does the sealed paper contain?]]> 2017-08-07 16:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281733 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281824 Summary: Dr. Livesey goes to London in search of a physician to take over his practice while he’s at sea. Meanwhile, the doctor leaves Jim with Redruth, the ornery gamekeeper. Jim spends his time alternately brooding and fantasizing about seafaring adventures. Jim’s sea-dreams are interrupted
when he receives a letter from Trelawney, the squire. The squire writes of the schooner he has procured for their voyage as well as the crew he has gathered. He asks Livesey, et al., to come to Bristol as soon as possible. The squire has refurbished the destroyed inn and has found a boy to
replace Jim while they are away. Jim leaves the inn and his mother without regret or sentiment and heads to Bristol, giddily anticipating his life at sea.

Questions: 
1. How does Jim memorize the map?
2. How does Stevenson forewarn the readers that Jim’s fantasies will turn tragic?
3. How do you know that Trelawney has broken his promise of secrecy?
4. What criteria does the squire have for putting a crew together? Why does he trust Long John Silver?
5. What does the squire reveal about his character through his letter?
6. If Jim is glad to get away from Redruth, “ who can do nothing but grumble and lament” (44),
why does the squire place Redruth in charge of Jim?
7. How has the squire replaced Jim at the refurbished inn? How does Jim treat his replacement?
What truth does Jim suddenly realize?
8. How does Squire Trelawney’s giddiness about the adventure differ from Jim’s? ]]> 2017-08-07 16:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281824 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281879 Summary: The squire gives Jim a note to deliver to John Silver at the Spy Glass tavern. While delivering the letter, Jim notices Black Dog, who leaves without paying his bill. Silver makes a show of sending two men to retrieve Black Dog. Meanwhile, Jim and Long John Silver determine Black Dog’s connection to Pew. The men return, confessing that Black Dog has got away. Silver and Jim become fast friends. They go back to the inn where Trelawney and Livesey are staying and relay Black Dog’s
escape. The crew plans to set sail at four o’clock that afternoon.

Questions: 
1. Why is Jim apprehensive about delivering the message to Long John Silver? What kind of
man is he expecting? What kind of man does he meet instead?
2. Why does Jim trust Silver so easily?
3. Long John Silver uses slang that would be easy for other sea-going men to understand. What
about his language makes sense to you? What confuses y]]> 2017-08-07 16:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281879 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281951 Summary: On board, Captain Smollett voices his concerns about the voyage. He himself was brought on board under “sealed orders,” but everyone else seems to know that the purpose of their voyage is buried treasure. He warns Trelawney and the doctor that there has been too much loose talk, especially in regard to a
certain map. The map, he says, must be kept a secret or else risk mutiny. The doctor lightheartedly tells the Captain that there’s nothing to worry about. Trelawney, on the other hand, bristles at Smollett’s
concerns. The crew sets to work, taking out the arms and powder. Long John approaches in an offshore boat. He suggests that the crew hurry up, lest they miss the morning tide. When the Captain sees Jim idling, he orders Jim downstairs to help the cook. Jim admits that he “deeply” hates the Captain.

Questions: 
1. Why is Captain Smollett concerned about the voyage?
2. How did the crew find out about the treasure hunt?
3. What doesn’t Smollett like about the crew? About Arrow?
4. What mistakes have been made regarding the setup of the ship, according to Smollett?
5. Why does Trelawney blame Jim and Dr. Livesey for the information leak?
6. Why doesn’t Captain Smollett want to know who has the map? Why doesn’t he want Arrow
to know, either?
7. Livesey compliments Trelawney on his selection of Smollett and Silver, but Trelawney
discounts Smollett. Why?
8. Which of the ship’s men would you choose as your friends? Why?]]> 2017-08-07 16:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281951 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281975 Summary: The ship sets sail to the Isle of Treasure with many well wishes from Trelawney’s friends. The crew is able and the Captain knowledgeable; the voyage is, for the most part, uneventful. Though no one
can fathom where and when he takes his alcohol, Mr. Arrow is continually marked by drunkenness. Indeed, Mr. Arrow is useless as a first mate and eventually disappears completely; thus, Job Anderson takes over as first mate while maintaining his position as boatswain. The narrative focus
turns to Long John’s adept nautical knowledge. Silver introduces Jim to Cap’n Flint, his twohundred-year old parrot, who has traveled with pirates her whole life—and has the vocabulary to prove it. Trelawney and Smollett still don’t like each other, but Smollett admits he may have been wrong about the crew. Still, Smollett has a bad feeling about the cruise and disapproves of the way Trelawney spoils the crew with apples. Jim, on the other hand, takes advantage of the squire’s
generosity and jumps bodily inside the barrel to retrieve the last apple. Once inside the barrel, Jim falls asleep only to be awakened by the voice of Long John Silver. Jim realizes that the lives of all the “honest” crew depend on him.

Questions:
1. Why do so many of the squire’s friends come by to wish them well? What does this further
confirm about the squire’s faltering secrecy?
2. Do you think Billy Bones would “fit in” on this journey? Why or why not?
3. What is Mr. Arrow’s problem? How does the crew respond? What happens to him?
4. Should Long John Silver be pitied? Why or why not?
5. Long John Silver’s parrot is named Cap’n Flint. Reread the description of Flint. (33) Why
would Silver name his parrot after that buccaneer?
6. Silver says of Cap’n Flint, “ you can’t touch pitch and not be mucked, lad. Here’s this poor
old innocent bird o’ mine swearing blue fire, and none the wiser, you may lay to that. She
would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before a chaplain.” (59) How have your
surroundings influenced you or those around you?
7. As a narrator, Jim frequently hints at what will happen before it happens, a technique known
as “foreshadowing.” Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter. How does the
technique affect your reading?]]> 2017-08-07 16:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180281975 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180282009 Summary: Hiding in the apple barrel, Jim overhears Long John Silver’s conversation with another young sailor,
Dick. Long John reveals that he had once been quartermaster of the dreaded pirate Flint’s ship.
Moreover, Pew, the blind man, was also of Flint’s crew. In fact, Pew lost his sight and Silver his leg in the same incident. Many of Flint’s old crew are aboard the Hispaniola, “gentlemen of fortune”(65), or common pirates, posing as ordinary seamen. Silver persuades and flatters Dick, and Dick eventually
allies himself with John Silver. Together with Israel Hands, they plot against the squire, the doctor, and Smollett. Their plan is to use Smollett, with his sailing expertise, and the squire and the doctor, who have the map, to find the treasure. Then, once they are safely headed home, they will kill all three. The moon rises, and Jim hears “Land ho!”

Questions:
1. Silver and Pew served on the same ship. Who do you think had higher rank? Why do you
think so?
2. How do Long John Silver and Billy Bones manage their finances similarly?
3. How does Jim feel when he hears Long John Silver speak to another member of the crew
using exactly the same words he spoke to Jim?
4. What other persuasive techniques does Silver use to bring the regular sailors over to the pirates’ side?
5. Given Silver’s cheerful disposition, do you believe his boasting about being feared on Flint’s ship?
6. What does John mean by “gentlemen of fortune”?
7. Why does John want to kill the squire himself?
8. What do you suppose really happened to Mr. Arrow?]]> 2017-08-07 16:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180282009 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372507 As the whole crew rushes across the deck, Jim hops out of the apple barrel to join them. John Silver recognizes the land as Skeleton Island; he advises Captain Smollett on the lay of the island and where they should drop anchor. The Captain assembles the crew on deck, praises their hard work,
and rewards them with grog. Shortly thereafter, the three honest men assemble below and call for Jim, who reveals his news of conspiracy. Trelawney immediately admits his mistake in selecting the crew and apologizes to the Captain. In turn, the Captain decides that the only way to handle this
information is to keep a positive outlook and to put “prodigious faith” (71) in Jim’s ability to
intermediate between the pirates and themselves. 

Questions:
1. Based on what you know about John Silver, would you trust his information about the island?
Why or why not?
2. Does John Silver really like Jim? Why do you think so?
3. How is Long John Silver able to hide his disappointment about the map (and his real
intentions) so easily?
4. Why does the Captain reward the men with drink?
5. What do you think of Trelawney’s apology to Smollett? Does that change your opinion of him?
6. What are Smollett’s three insights about their situation?
7. Is it fair to have Jim serve as a spy? Why or why not? Would you be willing to do it, knowing
the kind of men these pirates are? Why or why not?
8. How would you determine which men have joined the pirates?]]> 2017-08-08 14:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372507 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372725 Summary: The Hispaniola arrives, and Jim dreads setting foot on the island. He volunteers for a boat manned
by Long John Silver. Silver helps the steersman navigate the waters with extreme ease. The crew becomes increasingly hostile emitting an air of mutiny; however, Silver maintains an anxious but willing and civil face, which counter-balances the surly crew. The Captain, in an attempt to allay tension, lets the men have a recreational afternoon on the island. As the Captain goes below, the men gather around Silver, who’s clearly the real leader of the rebellious crew. Silver takes thirteen men ashore, leaving six men on board with the Captain. Jim decides to go ashore as well and, since
his boat is lighter and better manned, he darts ahead of Silver and the rest of the crew. He hears Silver shouting after him: “Jim, Jim!” (79)

Questions:
1. Do the chapter titles help you predict what will happen? Do you read the chapter differently
because of the titles? Why or why not?
2. Many of the nautical terms in Treasure Island have double meanings that inform the text.
What two meanings does the word scupper (75) have? How does this ring true for the crew
of the Hispaniola?
3. How do the conditions of the anchorage reflect the conditions inside the ship?
4. What on the island concerns the doctor? Why? Is he talking about a literal fever or a
metaphorical one? What proof do you have from the text?]]> 2017-08-08 14:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372725 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372804 Summary: Jim runs into the island jungle and hears a muffled, heated conversation between Long John and
another crewmember. Because he cannot make out what they’re saying, Jim crawls nearer to the two men. John is, in fact, attempting to bring Tom, the crew-hand, over to the side of the mutineers. Tom, however, is more concerned with duty than with riches. A scream sounds, which Tom soon recognizes as Alan’s. Indeed, Alan, another of the honest crew has been murdered. Tom declares:
“You’ve killed Alan, have you? Kill me too. But I defies you.” (83) Long John obliges and kills him
with great violence. Jim, realizing that he might be next, runs for his life.

Questions:
1. Why did or didn’t you think that all the men Silver took with him were part of the mutinous plan?
2. Silver’s true nature is revealed in this chapter. Did his ferocity and violence surprise you? Why
or why not? Use support from the text to defend your answer.
3. Now that Jim knows that the men either join the mutiny or are killed, how can he stay alive?
Make a prediction to check against your later reading.]]> 2017-08-08 14:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372804 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372844 Summary: Jim sees a man/bear/monkey-like figure in front of him, hears the pirates behind him, and considers
the two dangers—the known and the unknown. He suspects the wild man might be a cannibal,
which he ultimately finds less frightening than the murderous Silver. Jim remembers his pistol and commits in the direction of the island man, who suddenly drops to his knees in supplication. The man identifies himself as Ben Gunn, stranded on the island for the last three years. He tells Jim he’s
rich; Jim tells Ben his own tale. They agree that if Ben can help Jim get back to the Hispaniola, Jim will provide Ben with a way off the island. Ben explains how he, along with Bill Bones and John Silver, was on board Flint’s ship when Flint buried the treasure years ago. Ben also tells how he came to be marooned. Jim hears a cannon blast, realizes the fight has begun, and soon discovers that the Union Jack has been raised on land. 

Questions:
1. Why is Jim caught between going towards the frightening island man and going back to Silver?
What propels him forward?
2. What is the difference between being shipwrecked and being marooned? What other
characters from literature, movies, TV, etc. were marooned?
3. Why does Ben tell Jim so quickly that he is rich? Why does Ben continue to talk to Jim while
they are running towards the boat?
4. Ben coaches Jim on what to tell the squire. What do you predict the words, “Nor he weren’t,
neither” mean to Ben? To Jim? To the squire? Does Ben know the squire? Defend your answer]]> 2017-08-08 14:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372844 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372866 Summary: At the point when the mutineers and Jim leave the Hispaniola for shore, the doctor takes over the narration. The doctor, hearing that Jim had left the Hispaniola, does not doubt Jim’s honesty but is worried about his safety. Hunter and the doctor go ashore in a jolly boat. Once ashore, the doctor
discovers a stockade built by the pirates in case of an attack; he hears gunfire, a scream, and fears Jim has been shot. The doctor and Hunter speed back to the Hispaniola where the Captain and the squire are shaken by the scream. After arming themselves, the doctor threatens to kill anyone on
board who signals to the mutineers ashore. The doctor and his men load the jolly boat with provisions and arms, then, once again, make for the shore. The doctor notes that, though the mutineers have advantage in numbers, their side has advantage in arms. The Captain convinces Abraham Gray, one of the mutineers, to join the honest men.

Questions:
1. Why, at this point, does Stevenson switch narrators? What benefit does the reader get from
hearing another perspective?
2. How do the wretched smells coming from the deck embody the events and emotions of characters?
3. Why does the doctor threaten Mr. Hands first?
4. Based on that threat, what do we learn about the character of the mutineers on board?
5. Why do the men need so many supplies?
6. Why does Abraham Gray decide to support the Captain?]]> 2017-08-08 14:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372866 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372929 Summary: The doctor, Redruth, the squire, the Captain, and Gray set out on the overloaded jolly-boat. With water coming aboard and with the ebb tide pulling them off course, the doctor finds it hard to keep the boat moving forward without sinking. Suddenly, the men realize they have left one of their guns on board the ship and that the mutineers are preparing to fire it. Although the squire fires at Israel Hands, who had been Flint’s gunner, he misses Hands and kills another of the mutineers. When Trelawney fires a second time, the boat’s stern goes under, swamping the supplies and two of their five guns. The men now race for the shore, even as Silver’s men race towards the Captain’s store of provisions. Hunter and Joyce
are already on shore; the doctor is concerned that they cannot defend themselves against Silver’s men.

Questions:
1. How is the doctor’s narration similar to Jim’s? How is it different?
2. How many men are loyal to the Captain?
3. Why isn’t Trelawney able to hit the gunner?
4. What is the difference between Joyce and Hunter?]]> 2017-08-08 14:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180372929 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373002 Summary: Both the Captain’s men and Silver’s men race to the Captain’s provisions store. The Captain gives
the squire his gun, and the doctor gives Gray his cutlass. The men are well prepared, so when they see the mutineers emerge from the thicket, four of them shoot; they kill one mutineer and send the
rest back into the woods. They rejoice too soon, however, because a retaliatory bullet kills Tom Redruth. The Captain busies himself with turning out his pockets, mounting a flag up a makeshift flagpole, and placing another flag over Tom’s body. After several shots head their way, the doctor suggests that the flag provides the mutineers with a target and they should take it down. The
Captain refuses. The men observe that each mutineer has a musket. They hear someone hailing them; it is Jim Hawkins.

Questions:
1. How has the doctor’s role changed from when he was in the village? How has it stayed the
same? How do you account for the change?
2. How does the doctor’s opinion of Tom Redruth differ from Jim’s?
3. How does the Captain react to Redruth’s death?
4. What does he tell Dr. Livesey about the rations?
5. Why doesn’t the Captain want to take down the flags?]]> 2017-08-08 14:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373002 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373065 Summary: Gunn ascertains that, since the flag flown above the stockade is not the Jolly Roger, the Captain’s men must be inside. Ben tells Jim to retrieve the squire or the doctor, as he would like to make a proposition. Both Ben and Jim scatter in opposite directions when a cannonball lands near them. Jim makes his way to the shore where he sees the raised Jolly Roger and observes the mutineers demolishing the jolly-boat with axes. He notes the white rock where Ben told him he could find a boat. He later finds his friends in the stockade. The Captain gives the men chores, so they don’t get
depressed over recent deaths and injuries. The men discuss their strategy regarding the mutineers— whose manpower has been reduced from nineteen to fifteen. They agree that their best hope is to kill off the mutineers until they “either [haul] down the flag or [run] away with the Hispaniola.” (110) Jim is awakened by the sound of shouting: Silver has raised a flag of truce.

Questions:
1. Why are the mutineers destroying the jolly-boat?
2. Why hasn’t Tom Redruth been buried?
3. Why is cheese so valuable to Ben Gunn?
4. Why does the doctor consider rum and the climate to be their allies?]]> 2017-08-08 14:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373065 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373138 Silver and another of his men approach in seeming surrender; the Captain warns his men to keep indoors in case the surrender is a hoax. After some negotiation, Silver enters the stockade, alone, to speak with the Captain. Silver speaks of a nighttime massacre in which many of his men were killed;
the Captain is confused, but Jim guesses that Ben Gunn must have attacked Silver’s men while they were passed out from drink. Silver bargains: he offers to take the Captain and his crew on board the Hispaniola and drop them off to safe harbor in exchange for the map and the subsequent treasure. Captain Smollett counters: he wants each of Silver’s men to offer himself up to shackles and a fair trial in England. Neither side allows a compromise; both parties are resigned to battle.

Questions:
 1. Why does the Captain pointedly disagree when Silver calls himself Captain?
2. Why does Silver call Captain Smollett a deserter?
3. How is their conference about power? Who has the real power? How is the power demonstrated?
4. Why doesn’t anyone give Silver a hand up?]]> 2017-08-08 14:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373138 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373183 Summary:
 Smollett roars at his men, whom have all left their posts. They must remain vigilant, since they are outnumbered and will soon be attacked. He sets the men to new positions, and the mutineer attack begins. Most attack from the north, where Squire Trelawney is posted. Silver’s men quickly overrun
the log-house, but the smoke from the gunfire helps mask the loyal men’s positions. The Captain orders the men to exit the house. Jim runs directly into Anderson, barely escaping a fatal blow by falling into the sand. When he gets up, the Captain’s men have won and only one attacking pirate
has escaped. Unfortunately, Joyce has been shot dead and the Captain has been wounded. There are only eight mutineers and five of the Captain’s men remaining.

Questions: 
1. How does each man’s position fit his personality and ability?
2. When the Captain determines the number of men attacking from each side, why doesn’t he
change his strategy?]]> 2017-08-08 14:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373183 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373250 Summary:
Out of the eight men fallen from battle, only three still breathed: the doctor kills one of them, the
mutineer, for mercy’s sake; Hunter, whose skull is fractured and whose chest is crushed, loses consciousness and eventually dies; and the Captain’s “grievous” (125) injuries have left him temporarily incapacitated. The doctor sets off with the map to do some reconnaissance. While Gray
thinks the doctor is crazy for leaving them, Jim is envious; he imagines the doctor lingering in the pleasant shadow of the woods—as opposed to suffocating in the overheated stockade amidst blood
and dead bodies. Jim decides to follow the doctor’s lead and sets out to find Ben Gunn’s boat,
leaving only two able men, Gray and the squire, to guard the house. As Jim makes his way along the beach, he hears an awful scream, which he recognizes as the parrot, Cap’n Flint. Having found and boarded Gunn’s small boat, he decides on rowing out to the Hispaniola, cutting the ship adrift, and giving it up to the sea’s strong tides. 

Questions:
1. Is it worth dying in pursuit of the treasure?
2. Why does Jim continue to endanger himself by heading out on his own? What is his
rationale? What would you have done differently and why?
3. From Jim’s comments, we know that his leaving turns out to be a good thing. Why does
Stevenson make each disappearance fortunate for Jim? What would that lead his audience of
readers to think? Are they influenced by Jim’s boldness?]]> 2017-08-08 14:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373250 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373314 Summary:
The coracle is awkward, spinning and moving sideways more than going forward. Still, the tide carries Jim closer to the Hispaniola. Jim begins to cut the ship from its anchor but stops when the wind dies and the hawser tightens. While waiting for the wind to pick up-and the rope to slacken— Jim overhears the gunner, Israel Hands, arguing with the man in the red cap. Jim cuts the final fibers of the hawser but cannot seem to push the coracle away from the Hispaniola. Making the
most of the coracle’s dangerous closeness to the Hispaniola, Jim glances inside the ship’s cabin
window; he sees Hands in a deadly wrestle with Red-cap. Jim suddenly realizes that both his boat and the Hispaniola are picking up speed and heading out to sea. He therefore imagines his little skiff wrecking in the raging breakers; preparing for death, Jim falls asleep instead. 

Questions:
1. Why does Jim grab “the light cord” (133) at the last minute?
2. What is the connection between the men wrestling on the ship and the boisterous singing on shore?
3. What are the men fighting about?]]> 2017-08-08 14:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373314 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373390 Summary:
Jim is adrift at the southwest end of the island. He recognizes that if he were to paddle toward shore, he would be dashed upon the craggy rocks. He sees two sea lions, “slimy monsters” (135), which are frightening though harmless. Jim figures that so long as he doesn’t interfere with the coraclethat
is, attempt to paddle—it moves quickly through the waves. Eventually he is able to slowly
maneuver the coracle. As he aims for a promontory, he sees the Hispaniola with her sails raised and is both frightened and relieved by the prospect of being captured. He soon notices that, in fact, no one is steering the boat, so he plans to get on board and return the ship to Captain Smollett. The coracle is destroyed just as Jim grabs hold of the jib boom and climbs on board the Hispaniola.

Questions:
1. Although still youthful and, in some ways, careless, it’s clear that Jim is wiser now than when
the Hispaniola left Bristol. How so? What have been some of Jim’s more transitional moments and experiences?
2. Which character (i.e. the squire, the doctor, Long John Silver, Ben Gunn) do you think has, thus far, had the most influence on Jim? Why?
3. Why is Stevenson so kind to Jim? That is, why does Jim have such good luck?]]> 2017-08-08 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373390 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373455 Summary:
Jim tries to gain his footing as the Hispaniola rocks from side to side. He sees that Israel Hands and Red-cap have indeed killed each other; rather, Red-cap is dead, while Hands has a weak hold on life. Hands moans in such pain that Jim almost pities him. He asks Jim for brandy, and Jim obliges. Hands offers to advise Jim on sailing the ship in exchange for food, drink, and clean bandages. Jim agrees, and within minutes they have the ship sailing steadily. 

Questions:
1. How does the condition of the ship reflect the crew’s mutiny? What does it say about their
attitudes towards rules, regulations, and authority?
2. Which characters do and do not abuse alcohol? How do the alcohol abusers and non-abusers differ?
3. Why does Jim bring Hands his brandy?
4. Jim tells Hands to regard him as the new Captain. Why does Hands obey?
5. Would you trust Hands to teach you how to sail?
6. How does Stevenson foreshadow yet another danger for Jim?]]> 2017-08-08 14:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373455 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373509 Summary:
Hands asks Jim to heave O’Brien’s body off the ship; Jim refuses, and a discussion about death ensues. Hands then asks Jim to fetch him some wine. Jim suspects this request is a ploy to get him off deck; he complies in order to spy on Hands whom Jim sees creak to his feet and retrieve a knife. Knowing that
Hands has a knife, Jim arms himself with a bottle of wine. After another philosophical banter, Jim and Hands maneuver the ship through a narrow estuary. Jim is so enthralled by the ship’s near safety that he neglects Hands. Fortunately, he remembers Hands in time to see the coxswain advancing toward him with the knife. As Hands charges, Jim lets go of the tiller, which, in turn, strikes Hands.
Jim tries to shoot Hands, but his pistol is waterlogged. Hands and Jim are at a standoff when the
ship strikes land at a steep angle, sending them both reeling. Jim recovers first and scrambles up the mast. He loads his pistol while Hands climbs after him. Jim is overly confident about his safety, “as
a conceited cock upon a wall” (152), and relaxes, whereupon Hands pins him to the mast with a dagger. Both of Jim’s pistols fire and hit Hands, who plunges into the water.

Questions:
1. Why does Hands call Jim “Cap’n” so readily, and then switch back to calling him Jim so easily as well?
2. Why does Hands ask about whether a man can come back to life? What are Hands’s reasons for living a sinful life?
3. How does Jim’s pride disarm him twice?
4. How is Stevenson able to let us know that Jim has been stabbed and Hands has been shot without telling us specifically?]]> 2017-08-08 14:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373509 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373572 Summary:
 Jim shudders and thereby breaks his skin away from the dagger. After cleaning his wound, he addresses the body of O’Brien, tossing it overboard. Jim leaves the Hispaniola and looks forward to seeing the faithful men at the stockade. He reasons that, though he was wrong to leave them one
man short, he made good by capturing the Hispaniola. With moonlight to guide him, Jim carefully makes his way toward the immense fire—very unlike the smaller fires the men used to make. Though relieved to hear his friends snoring peacefully, Jim considers how poorly they keep watch. He sneaks into the cabin, where Long John Silver captures him.

Questions:
1. Have you known anyone with Jim Hawkins’s good luck? Why does Stevenson save him from
so many situations?
2. Why does Jim decide to throw O’Brien overboard when he refused before?
3. When Jim approaches the sleeping men, what are the signs that something is wrong? Why
does Jim ignore these signs?]]> 2017-08-08 14:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180373572 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374355 Summary:
The pirates have captured the blockhouse; there is no sign of the Captain and his men. Only six mutineers survive. Long John Silver tells Jim that the Captain, the doctor, and the squire have
turned against him because of his desertion. He explains that Jim’s only option is to join the
mutineers. The pirates are in the log-house because the doctor told Silver that the ship was gone and bargained for a truce. Jim tells Silver of his own role in the pirates’ situation. He further
explains that his life must be spared in order for him to be Silver’s witness in court. Tom Morgan wants to kill Jim, but Silver stops him. Silver’s men, on the verge of mutiny, step outside to hold a council. Silver tells Jim that he and the squire are allied and the doctor has given him the chart.

Questions:
1. How much of what Silver says does Jim believe?
2. Is Jim’s full disclosure a good idea? Why or why not?
3. What does their lack of challenge to Silver’s authority say about the men? What is their
attitude towards authority in general, and Silver’s in particular?
4. The crew adjourns to hold a council. What is odd about this?
5. Why does Silver ally himself with Jim? Is he opportunistic or is he earnest?]]> 2017-08-08 14:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374355 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374441 Summary:
Through a loophole, Jim spots the buccaneers talking. They stoop to examine a book. When the buccaneers return, they hand Silver a black spot cut from a Bible. Silver mocks Dick, the pirate who has a Bible with him. The crew formally states their grievances, but the Captain claims that each grievance is their own fault, not his. To cement his status as their Captain, he shows them the
treasure map. They re-elect Silver. As the men sleep, Jim wonders how Silver will manage to keep the mutineers under control while pursuing the treasure.

Questions:
1. Why do the buccaneers have a book? Why does Jim find it odd?
2. Why is it ironic that the buccaneers have cut a black spot from a Bible to give to Silver? What
does the black spot represent? Why does Silver mock the man who has the Bible?
3. Reread Chapter 3 to refresh your memory about the ceremony of the black spot. How is this event similar to when Billy Bones receives the spot? How is it different?
4. What are the men angry about? How does Silver respond to the men’s accusations? Is his
response effective?
5. How does Dick’s status in the group change as a result of this process? Why does Silver give
the black spot to Jim? Why has he kept it?]]> 2017-08-08 14:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374441 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374488 Summary:
The doctor awakens the men. Barely acknowledging Jim, the doctor tends to the wounded
buccaneers without judgment. He claims he’s tending to them as prisoners, not as free men. Silver grants Jim permission to speak to the doctor so long as he promises not to escape. The men grumble, but Silver assures them that they’ll soon have their way. The doctor chastises Jim for having left the wounded Captain and urges him to escape. Jim refuses. He further tells the doctor where he’s hidden the Hispaniola. The doctor warns Silver to be cautious when looking for the
treasure. Silver wants more information, but the doctor refuses saying he’ll do his best to help Silver when he comes to trial.

Questions:
1. Why is the doctor civil to Silver and calmly committed to treating the wounded?
2. What effect does Silver’s allowing Jim to speak with the doctor have on the buccaneers? Why do they react this way?
3. How does Silver’s demeanor change when he’s with his men versus with the doctor? Why does it change?
4. The doctor believes that Jim has loyally aided the Captain’s men at every turn. Is this true?]]> 2017-08-08 14:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374488 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374531 Summary:
Silver thanks Jim for keeping his word and not running away. The buccaneers have made a huge
fire and are cooking enough food for several days. Silver tells them that the Captain has the
Hispaniola. He says that Jim is their hostage, their bargaining tool. Jim understands that Silver’s alliances change with the circumstances. The men, using the directions on the back of the map, set out in two boats, both of which are in poor condition. They hear a scream of terror and find the skeleton of a seaman in an unnatural position: perfectly straight with his arms raised overhead; like a pointing arrow. The buccaneers search for the dead man’s knives and other possessions but don’t find anything. Spooked by Flint’s long-ago cruelty towards his own men, they move forward
cautiously.

Questions:
1. What is the advantage of fighting back-to-back rather than side-by-side?
2. Why are the buccaneers so wasteful?
3. How does Jim feel about Silver? Does he trust him? Why or why not?
4. How are the pirates equipped? What is the condition of their supplies and equipment? What
does this say about their preparation?]]> 2017-08-08 14:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374531 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374573 Summary:
The men hear “Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest” and nearly faint from terror. Silver assures them that the voice is from a living person, not Flint’s ghost; however, the men are terrified when they hear Flint’s dying words: “Fetch aft the rum, Darby!” Silver motivates the men to continue searching for the treasure despite their fear. The men recognize Ben Gunn’s voice. Dick gets sicker and prays more feverishly as they go along. As they approach the treasure, they begin to hurry. Jim notices that Silver’s demeanor has changed. He fears murder of Flint’s six men may be reenacted once they find the treasure. They proceed only to find that the treasure has been excavated and is gone.

Questions:
1. How does Silver convince the men to continue searching for the treasure? How effective is he?
2. When the men recognize the voice of Ben Gunn, why aren’t they afraid any more?
3. What is the difference between superstition and faith? What is Stevenson’s opinion about religion in general, or Dick’s faith specifically? Use the text to support your position.
4. Why does the prospect of money erase the men’s fears?
5. How does the idea of treasure affect Long John Silver’s behavior? What visible changes does Jim notice in Silver?
6. How are Silver and Dick similar in their pursuit of the treasure? How do they differ?]]> 2017-08-08 14:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374573 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374635 Summary:
Long John Silver, realizing that his plans for the treasure have been dashed, passes Jim a pistol and tells him to get ready to fight. Meanwhile the men have found only a two-guinea piece, not the seven hundred thousand pounds of treasure. George Merry calls for the men to attack Silver and Jim; however, before they do, shots from the thicket kill him. Doctor Livesey, Gray, and Ben Gunn
emerge carrying muskets as the three other mutineers attempt to escape. Ben Gunn tells Silver that he found the treasure and moved it to a cave two months earlier. The doctor and the others demolish one boat and head towards Ben Gunn’s cave in the other. After Trelawney chastises Silver for his villainy, he guides them into a cave where Captain Smollett sits among “heaps of coin and
quadrilaterals built of bars of gold.” (197)

Questions:
1. How is Silver able to size up a situation and take action so quickly?
2. Why did the doctor leave Jim with the mutineers?
3. How did the doctor revise his plan when Jim returns and is captured?
4. Was the treasure worth the death, pain, and sorrow it took to find it? Why or why not?
5. Is Silver a changed man, or is he merely waiting for the right opportunity? What is your
reason for thinking so?]]> 2017-08-08 14:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374635 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374698 Summary:
The men transfer the gold from the cave to the Hispaniola, guarding it against possible attacks. After a few days the drunk and raving mutineers return. The doctor considers treating them for malaria, but Silver advises against it since they are not men of their word. In a council, the men
agree to maroon the three mutineers. As the ship sails, they see the mutineers kneeling on shore and begging. One shot from their muskets hits the mainsail. The ship lands in Spanish America to get
more hands for the voyage home. Jim, the doctor, and the squire go ashore, leaving the Captain, Silver, and Ben Gunn to guard the ship. When the three return, Ben Gunn tells them that Silver has fled, taking a sack of coins with him. With their fortune, they each spend or save according to their nature: Captain Smollett retires, Gray becomes mate and part owner of a ship, and Ben Gunn
spends all his money in nineteen days. Jim still wakes up from nightmares of either the surf or of Captain Flint squawking “Pieces of eight!”

Questions:
1. Why does Jim treat Silver well, even though he realizes Silver might have killed him on the
plateau? How do the others treat Silver? Which do you think is right?
2. Should they have marooned the mutineers? Why or why not?
3. Why doesn’t Jim ever want to return to the island? Would you want to go look for the arms
and the silver still on the island? Why or why not?]]> 2017-08-08 14:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/180374698 blcampbell19 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/194668859 2017-10-06 13:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/194668859 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/224477684 2018-01-24 23:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/224477684 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/1309494300 2021-03-15 07:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/1309494300 https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/2551583545 haha]]> 2023-04-12 12:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/blcampbell19/TreasureIsland/wish/2551583545