Current Book Treasure Island

The book i have been reading is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. As many of you may already know the book is about a boy named JIm Hawkins who meets a nasty ol' pirate named Billy Bones who stays at his fathers inn "The Admiral Binbow". Bones tells Jim Hawkins about his first mate Flint and where his treasure is hidden. Jim becomes a part of an expedition with pirates to seek the hidden treasure!

I have enjoyed the book as i work my way through marking important points with sticky notes like a crazy book worm. The book is very different than anything i have read. The diction is very unique containing a handful of sailing jargon and pirate slang. The major literary element appears to be motif, or greed! All the pirates want the treasure and everyone else on the adventure is dying to find it! The author uses this literary element because what's more greedy than a pirate? Hence the name pirate. The book was written in this manner to portray the realness of the characters.

The tone shifts quite often to make the book more interesting to read. If the book stayed in one or two specific tones, the book would be dull. The author switches the tone because after a couple chapters he swaps point of view. I really admired the authors choice because its nice to hear two sides of the same story.