Jake Brouillette
Mr. B.G. World Lit 12
February 22, 2010
How Treasure Island uses mood
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island conveys many different moods through out the story. He shows his mood through explaining each situation with lots of detail to grab the reader and help you feel what the characters feel. The mood is important to the story because it is necessary to develop the story and it provides a wonderful foundation for actions to follow or be driven by this mood.
In the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson a feeling of intensity is immediately brought forth when Billy Bones enters the Inn. He is a sour old man that scares most people and he definitely doesn’t seem like a trustworthy fellow and this provides for a suspenseful air about his presence. This is greatly intensified by the fight with Black Dog and it begins the desire for the treasure map.
An interesting thing about this story is Stevenson uses the character Jim Hawkins as the narrator for most parts of the story and he is just a boy. For the most part the boy is feeling fear because he is around these treasure thirsty pirates, however, after being exposed to the life style he grows and gains confidence and begins his passion towards the lifestyle like the pirates.
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this is a good essay so far, keep writing and get it finished soon though
ReplyDeleteThe thesis of tthe essay is about mood and how the author uses mood to put the reader into the story. The thesis was pretty enticing. although I'm not sure into reading so I don't really care abotu reading.
ReplyDeleteYou need quotes.
Your essay has nice vocabulary and sounds smart. I liked "This is greatly intensified by the fight with Black Dog and it begins the desire for the treasure map." this part because it sounded good.
One thing I don't like is that your whole essay is a big brick. Make paragraphs!