Treasure Island Summer Reading Essay

Treasure Island Summer Reading
“Mostly he would not speak when spoken to; only look up sudden and fierce, and blow through his nose like a fog-horn; and we and the people who came about our house soon learned to let him be.” Pg. 5
Fog-horn – a device that makes a loud noise to warn ships in fog.

Ch2, Q3. What is the situation or problem? A man comes into the inn looking for someone named Billy. Jim knows the man is speaking about the Captain. He tells the man the captain would be here shortly. The captain arrives and yells “Black-Dog!”. The two begin to talk which soon leads to the Captain trying to kill this “Black-Dog” but begins to have a stroke, leading to “Black-Dog” to get away.

“But he broke in, cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice, …show more content…
If I could, I would ask the main character why he sat in the apple barrel. I have never heard of anyone get their clothes from a bin to sit in it afterwards. He may have been tired but to me it seems like it would have been very tight in the barrel, It would be more understandable if he leaned against it, or any wall near the barrel.

“When Dick returned, one after another of the trio took the pannikin and drank--one "To luck," another with a "Here's to old Flint," and Silver himself saying, in a kind of song, "Here's to ourselves, and hold your luff, plenty of prizes and plenty of duff."” Pg. 98
Duff – A flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag.

Ch12, Q20. The character I find most interesting is Long John Silver because he, unless I have read it wrong, is the only one that actually sounds like a pirate. Out of all these people he seems to be the only one with a parrot and or a peg-leg. Also he is planning on stealing all the gold for himself. If I have to point this out, in every pirate movie in existence there are many people with any of the three characteristics Silver has.

“Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast.” Pg. 109
Becalmed – When a ship cannot move due to the lack of

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